Anti School Subcultures

Question 1

Raey

Answer 1

Argues that when white working class students are faced with situations where they are at high risk of educational failure - anti-school cultures and oppositional attitudes may develop

State that edu action is viewed as a competitor that these students cannot ‘win’ meaning they create their own competition within their own anti-school subcultures
E.g fighting

Question 2

Lacey

Answer 2

Believed that white working class students started secondary school with pro-school attitudes

• school streamed and set kids -those from deprived backgrounds usually placed in lower sets
• -felt bad/less able so acted out

Question 3

Brown

Answer 3

Discussed 3 responses to education and did not believe there were such distinct subcultures
•getting in (from low achievers who wanted to join manual occupations)
•getting out (from high achievers who wanted to use eduction to improve their social class position)
•getting on (ordinary wc youths who comply with school rules)

Question 4

Why do ethnic minority students form anti- school subcultures?

Answer 4

Lack of parental support
Language barriers
Rebellion against parents
Peer groups
To gain status
To demonstrate masculinity
Response to teacher racism
Ethnocentric curriculum

Question 5

Sewell (the 4 groups he noticed)

Answer 5

Conformists -want to achieve in education, motivated to succeed- pro school and pro education

Innovators - accepted goals of schooling but rejected the means of achieving the goals - pro education, anti school / teachers and schools failed to provide for their needs

Retreatists - boys rejected goals of schooling and education and means of achieving them - were not confrontational- just did not like the school work

Rebels - followed tap culture and felt school and education had failed then- disliked and distrusted by the other 3 groups