Ethnic differences: internal

• topics of internal factors ?

  • Labelling & Teacher Racism
  • Pupil identities
  • Marketisation
  • Ethnocentric curriculum
  • Pupil subcultures
  • Assessment
  • IQism
• labelling ?

  • teacher label students in stereotypes
  • eg black trouble markers / Asian not unstandardised English etc ,
  • lead to them being send out / left out
  • results = black students truanted , Asian feels marginalised
• pupil identities?

  • teacher see pupils as
  • ideal = white m/c correct way = have natural ability
  • demonised = black/white w/c = underachiever
  • pathologies = Asian feminised ‘ wrong way ‘ = overachiever
  • results = low fulfilling prophecy
• subcultures: girls ?


  • black girls rejected teachers and accept education and study
  • eg fuller girls : year 11 black girls response
• subcultures : boys ?


  • swell: black boys
  • rebels = accepted the label and rejected schools
  • results = most boys have anti-schools subcultures = see education as feminine
• Ethnocentric Curriculum?

  • only take white dominat culture in subject
  • eg history “ little englandism = take away black & Asian history
  • eg English language s
  • results = lack their own representation - lack motivation to do well
• Assessment?


  • Black people did well on baseline assessment
  • 2003 FSP = did end of year assessment
  • Results black people did lowest
  • Lead to unachevieing
• marketisation?


  • having the best school by cream skim and slit- shift students
  • to be admission in school is institutionally racist
  • eg racist bias in interviews , migrant parents unaware of application process
  • results = lead to racist Serb reaction in streams = white higher , black lower
• IQism?


  • old style is tests used to determine students ability and get results
  • it only a snap-shot of a moment and not see full potential
  • can be culturally biased
  • results = lead to distavages for ethnic minorities