AQA Sociology - Ethnicity (Education)
- Created by: Jemma Coleman
- Created on: 15-02-13 21:22
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- Ethnicity
- African-Caribbean female
- (Mac an Ghaill, 1988, 1992; Gillborn, 1990; Mirza, 1992
- Generally pro-education
- Ambitious
- Determined to succeed
- Aiming for high status, well paid jobs
- Tend not to identify with teachers and school
- (Mac an Ghaill, 1988, 1992; Gillborn, 1990; Mirza, 1992
- White, working-class male
- Paul Willis
- Formed anti-school subcultures
- They despised those who conformed
- Studied 12, working-class pupils
- They didn't need academic qualifications- male manual labour
- Mac an Ghaill
- Subcultures shaped by:
- The way they're organised into sets
- Teacher-student relationship
- The type of curriculum
- Subcultures shaped by:
- Paul Willis
- African-Caribbean male
- Gaine & George (1999)
- Teachers tend to see them as aggressive, challenging and disruptive
- This is often a misreading
- They tend to be singled out for punishment when white and Asian pupils were just as guilty
- Leads to pupils suspecting teachers of racism
- Leads to anti-school subcultures
- Teachers tend to see them as aggressive, challenging and disruptive
- Tony Sewell (1997)
- Conformists
- Rebels
- Innovators
- Retrealists
- Gaine & George (1999)
- White, middle class male
- Colin Lacey (1970)
- Conducted a study on middle-class pupils - most were high achievers at Primary School
- In the first year they all showed high levels of commitment to the school
- Six months into the second year they were seen as difficult to teach
- Colin Lacey (1970)
- African-Caribbean female
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