Archer - Chinese Pupils

Even those ethnic minority pupils who perform…

Successfully can be pathologised

For example, Chinese pupils were both…

Praised and viewed negatively by teachers

Stereotypes involved ideas of Chinese pupils being hardworking ______________, while boys tended to be viewed as _______________

But too quiet and passive

Effeminate and subordinate

Although, successful Chinese students were seen as achieving success in the ‘wrong way’ through…

Passive conformism rather than natural ability

Archer calls this the ‘________________’

Negative positive stereotype

Other findings found that teachers tended to wrongly…

So leads to a positive…

Stereotype Chinese pupils as middle class

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Archer defines the success of ethnic minority (and female) pupils as only seen as ‘overachievement’, since…

Proper achievement is associated with the white, middle class ideal pupil