... indicates the fact that most of these students may be Afro-Caribbean. Item D (pg 89) '2000 M.O'Donnell African- Caribbean tend to under-perform in schools, this is mainly the result of negative labelling by teachers. Students that are being labelled are they tend to be in lower streamed classes. The African- Caribbean boys were questioned as part of a research, and they often found school boring and irrelevant. One group labelled itself 'the under-achievers', and some of the boys had developed a defensive, aggressive peer culture- they were the victims of racism. These students were in the lower streamed classes. Gillborn (1990) found that African- Caribbean pupils were more likely to be given detention than other pupils. The teachers interpreted or misinterpreted the dress code and the manner of speech of African- Caribbean pupils. The pupils responded in accordance to their labels. Proving the investigation, negative labelling and streaming shows that in a Catholic ...

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