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3 Main Internal Factors

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  1. Labelling and teacher racism
  2. Pupil Identities
  3. Pupil responses and subcultures
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Gillborn and Youdell (L + TR)

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  • Teachers quicker to discipline blacks for same behaviour.

- Result of racialised expectations.

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Foster (L + TR)

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  • Teacher stereotypes could result in being placed in lower streams then leading to underachievement.
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Archer (PI)

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  • Ideal pupil identity: white, MC, masculinised identity, with a normal sexuality. Achieves in the right way, through natural ability.
  • Pathologised pupil identity: Asian, deserving poor, feminised identity, either asexual or with an oppressed sexuality. This pupil is seen as plodding conformist and culture-bound ‘over-achiever’.
  • Demonised pupil identity: Black or white, WC, hyper-sexuality identity. Pupil is seen as unintelligent, peer-led, culturally deprived underachiever.
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Fuller (PR + SC)

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  • Study of black girls in London comprehensive
  • The girls were high achievers because they channelled anger about being labelled into the pursuit of educational success.
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Mirza (PR + SC)

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  • Teachers discouraged black pupils from being ambitious through the advice they gave them (discouraged from aspiring to professional careers)
    1. Colour blind: believe all pupils are are equal but allow racism to go unchallenged.
    2. Liberal chauvinists: believe blacks are culturally deprived and have low expectations of them.
    3. Overt racists: believe blacks are inferior and actively discriminate against them.
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Sewell: 4 Responses (PR + SC)

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  1. Rebels: believed in own superiority based on black masculinity.
  2. Conformists: Keen to succeed and were anxious of stereotypes
  3. Retreatists: Disconnected from both school and black subcultures.
  4. Innovators: Pro education but anti schools