Class Differences In Education

Question 1

What did Becker state about labelling?

Answer 1

Teachers idea of the ‘ideal pupil’ match the labels that they give m/c students

Question 2

What is the self fulfilling prophecy?

Answer 2

The concept which states that people become their labels

Question 3

Evaluation of labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 3

-ignores free will
-if it was true then wouldn’t all teachers just label all students as intelligent?
-teachers would argue that they have professionalism and do not label students

Question 4

What is streaming and setting?what does it do to students?

Answer 4

Sets: ability based groups for one subject
Streams: ability-based groups for multiple subjects
-if w/c are labelled as thick they may be placed in lower sets
-higher sets tend to have a better environment for learning and often allow students to stretch themselves more