labelling and teacher racism

what is said about black pupils and discipline

• Gillborn and Youdell- found teachers are quicker to discipline black pupils as they have racialised expectations so they misinterpret their behaviour, this then leads to further conflict

• Bourne- the school sees black boys as a threat and labels them negatively which leads to more exclusion so their achievement is stunted

what is said about streaming

• black pupils are more likely to be hopeless caused in the A-C economy due to teacher stereotypes putting them in lower streams

• Foster- teacher stereotypes can also place them in lower streams than other pupils of the same abiltiy- causing SFP of underachievement

what did Wright find

• studied a multiethnic primary school and found asian pupils are also victims of labelling

• she found teachers hold ethno-centric views (british culture is superior)

• the teachers would assume asian pupils had poor english and leave them out of class discussions

• they were also marginalised- they felt their names/culture were disapproved of and were ignored by teachers due to not being a ‘threat’ like black pupils