Ethnicity Internal Factors

Cards (2)

  • Labelling and teacher racism
    • Black pupils - disruptive
    • Asian pupils - passive
    • Gillbourn and Youdell argued that racism disadvantages ethnic minorities as black students expectations are very low through a system of educational triage
    • Systematically denied sets, groups and exams that would allow them the best chance of success
    • Teachers quicker to discipline them and misinterpreted behaviour as threatening
  • Asian pupils
    • Wright -