Education - Subcultures

Question 1

Willis

Answer 1

Learning to Labour
Studied a group of Boys
-Boys had formed an anti school subculture, they formed their own values
-Valuing ‘having a laugh’ in lessons over learning.
-Laddish Subculture

Question 2

Lacey

Answer 2

Differentiation and Polarisation
Kids in bottom set and kids in top set grew further apart from this
Polarisation = anti school and pro school are polarised, making the gap between the students achievement even larger than before they got put into sets.

Question 3

Mac An Ghail

Answer 3

-Study on a School
-The Macho Lads
-WC boys contain more traditional masculinity and anti-school attitudes from home
-Pro-school subcultures among the WC like academic achievers