Class Differences In Education (Internal) Flashcards
Most Sociologists Who Study Internal School Factors Are…?
Interactionists
What Are The 5 Forms Of Internal Factors Of WC UA?
Labelling, SFP, Streaming, Pupil Subcultures And WC Identities.
Labelling: Meanings Teachers Create To Help Identify People To Try And Make Sense Of People, Advocated By?
Becker, He Argues That MC Pupils Labelled ‘Bright’ & ‘Ideal Pupils’ Whereas WC Pupils Are Labelled As ‘Thick’ Affecting Self Esteem Etc.
Self Fulfilling Prophecy: What Is The Self Fulfilling Prophecy?
Where Pupils Adapt To Labels Given To Them, E.G, When A WC Student Is Labelled As A Failure As A Result Of Stereotyping Rather Than Actual Performance, It Knocks Their Confidence And They Loose Interest In Education Resulting In Them Under Performing And Failing. However Conversely When A MC Student Is Called ‘Successful’, This Boosts Their Confidence And They Do Well.
Self Fulfilling Prophecy: What Is A Common Criticism Of SFP Theory?
That It Is Too Deterministic, Not All Pupils Adapt To The Label As Some a Reject It And Succeed & That A Self Fulfilling Prophecy Can Be Built On Appearance, Ethnicity Or Gender Rather Than Class Explaining Why Some Middle Class Ethic Groups Fail As A Result Of SFP’S And Some WC Succeed
Streaming: How Does Streaming Occur?
Streaming Is A Highly Institutionalised Form Of Labelling, It Involves Teachers Subjectively Judging Pupils Potential And Placing Them In Different Sets With By A Large Margin WC People In The Bottom ‘Thick’ Set And MC Top ‘Smart’ Set
Streaming: Which Sociologist Argues That Streaming Is Highly Damaging?
Lacey, They Describe Streaming As Damaging ‘Differentiation’ That Is Based On A Range Of Factors Rather Than Educational Achievement, Linking To Idea Of Labelling, Being Placed In Higher And Lower Sets Directly Changes Confidence Levels Impacting SFP’S, Scarily They Found That Bottom Set, So Majority WC IQ Fell Over Time Where As Top Set IQ Did The Opposite Showing An Increasing Educational Attainment Gap Between Classes, Linking Closely To Marxists Perspectives On Education.
Pupil Subcultures: What Is A Subculture And What Are The Two Main Types Of Subcultures Found In School?
A Subculture Is A Group Who’s Beliefs, Values And Attitudes Differ From Those Of The Wider Society, The Two Found In Education Are Pro-School Subcultures And Anti-School Subcultures, PSS Are Dominated By MC Top Set Pupils Who Have High Expectations, Good Attendance And Seek Approval From Teachers, Because This Group Values Education Its Members Always Succeed In Education As Competition Is Rife Amongst Members, ASS However Are Made Up Of Mainly WC Bottom Set Pupils Who Reject The School Who Rejects Them, They Find Status In These Groups Which Their School Deprives Them Of, They Create Their Own Status hierarchy Where Status Is Gained Through Rejecting School Values Which Creates More Labelling And unsurprisingly Results In Failure
Class Identity And Achievement: WC Identity Can Lead To UA As The Way They Differently Socialise Their Kids That Is Different From The MC Culture Found In Education, What Are Some Examples Of WC Identity Vs MC School Values?
Symbolic Violence, The School Commits Symbolic Violence By Judging Their Accents Or Interests As Inferior Which Leads To An Alienation Of WC Pupils In School.
Class Identity And Achievement: How Do WC Identities View Doing Well In School?
Working Class Identities View Doing Well As ‘Selling Out’, ‘Being Gay’ Or Even ‘Betraying Your Routes’, This Causes A Home Vs School Conflict Where They Try To Balance Both But Fail Resulting In Alienation At School And At Home Massively Reducing Confidence Levels.
Class Identity And Achievement: What Did Ingram (2009) Find?
That Fitting In Was A Huge Problem For WC Boys Attending Grammar School, They experienced Tension Between Their Home Communities And MC School, This Made Them Feel Inferior At Both Home And School, This Decreased Their Ambitions, Confidence And Achievement. Similarly Evans (2009) Found That Successful WC Girls Felt Their Identity Would Not Fit In With Elite Universities Reducing Life Chances, Motivation And Confidence.
