Internal factors (2)

Institutional racism

What is institutional racism?

Discrimination that is built into the structures and process of an organisation, like schools

How do school policies perpetuate institutional racism?

Gilborn (2008): marketisation and exam tiers favour white pupils and disadvantage minorities

What role does the ethnocentric curriculum play in achievement?

Troyna and Williams (1986): schools focus on white, British culture, ignoring diversity (e.g. teaching European languages over Asian ones)

What is ‘Little Englandism’, according to Ball (1994)?

The curriculum promotes white British culture and marginalises others, limiting ethnic minorities’ sense of belonging