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Working-class labelling - Coggle Diagram
Working-class labelling
A maths teacher gives working-class student the label of "thick"
He becomes his "thick" label and performs badly in his tests because of the self-fulfilling prophecy (what teachers believe students achieve)
His bad test results mean he is put into a lower stream for maths which therefore forces him into lower sets for other subjects
because in a lower set teachers dont give them as much encouragement and they are not able to get high grades
due to the lack of success available to him academically he succeeds with his peers by being naughty in class
this forms an anti- school subculture with students who misbehave in class
this stops him from learning and improving and therefore he doesnt achieve any C grades at GCSE
he is already assumed as a "thick" student so therefore he doesnt try in his tests
because underachievement is normalised by secondary school teachers (Dunne and Gazeley) so they assume he will perform badly in tests
they already speak in the school's unfavoured restricted code
Middle-class labelling
An english teacher gives middle-class student the label "gifted"
middle-class students are stereotyped as overachievers because their parents support them
they already speak in the school's favoured elaborated code
She becomes more "gifted" and performs well in her tests because of the self- fulfilling prophecy
she is already assumed as "gifted" so tries even harder to impress her teachers, being given extra work to stretch her
Her good tests results means she is put into a higher stream for English which therefore allows her to be in higher sets for other subjects
because in a higher set students are stretched more with additional work and encouragement and are able to get the top grades
the abundance of success for her and her peers in higher streams means they form pro-school subcultures
this allows her to flourish in their studies, having a positive attitude towards school and achieve grade 9s in her GCSEs