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Education: Social class and internal factors (1) Labelling,…
Education: Social class and internal factors
1) Labelling
Interactionists
- blame underachievement on internal factors. Criticize func. ideas of meritocratic education system.
Becker -
teachers have an image of the ideal pupil.
Rist -
teachers judge based on home background, appearance, attitude. TIGERS, CARDINALS, CLOWNS.
Effects:
self-fulfilling prophecy, demotivation, bullying.
2) Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Rosenthal and Jacobson
The way teachers define pupils can have an important impact on their education.
Oak Hill High School
- Mexican children made good progress because their teachers had higher expectations of them, which motivated them. AO3: deception and no consent.
3)
Streaming - Keddie
A stream
- higher status/middle class. - ideal students, had access to complex knowledge
B stream
- Semi-skilled/lower middle class background
C stream
- working class, questioned the teacher, disruptive
4) Pupil Subcultures
A-to-C economy
Educational triage
- schools categorise pupils. 1) Those who will pass. 2) Those with potential. 3) Hopeless cases.
AO3
: Ball - social barbarism - middle class parents separate their children from working class,
Pro school subculture
vs
anti-school subculture
- pro school:
conformist
, in
higher streams
,
polite
. Anti school
- non-conformist,** lower streams
,
disruptive.
Hargreaves
- those in anti-school subculture were labelled as failures first, by being placed in a secondary modern.
AO3: Woods
- rebellion, ritualism - attends lesson but not concerned about being successful
AO3: Marxists
- teachers work in a system that reproduces class inequalities. Pos: demonstrates impact of internal factors, ignored by cultural depri. theorists.