Table 1.

The Production of the Ideal Student as White, Male and Middle Class Within Dominant UK Educational Discourse (Adapted From Archer & Francis, 2007)

“Ideal” Student	“Other” (“Pathologized”) Student	“Demonized” Student
Naturally bright Leaders Active Normal sexuality Entitled (White, male, middle class)	Attains via diligent plodding/hard work Followers/conformist Passive Repressed/oppressed Deserving poor (Chinese/Indian, female, working class)	Naturally unintelligent Rebels Aggressive Hypersexuality Undeserving (Black, White, male/female, working class)