EDUCATION: subcultures

Question 1

David Hargreaves

Answer 1

Pupils seek status through subcultures when they cannot have academic status

Question 2

Colin Lacey

Answer 2

Differentiation: Setting different work for different pupils as a result of different academic abilities
Polarisation: The creation of separation between high and low achievers as a result of differntiation
Those at polar ends create anti and pro school subcultures

Question 3

What did Tony Sewell conclude about ethnic subcultures?

Answer 3

Lure and loathing

Teachers find black boys’ expression of culture to be intimidating

Question 4

Who wrote the ‘Fateful quest to be cool’

Answer 4

Audrey Osler

Question 5

Audrey Hosler

Answer 5

There is a large amount of pressure on young people to be cool.
Fear of failure causes children to act as they don’t care.
Young people are investing more and more time in peer groups e.g. social media

Question 6

Peter Woods

Answer 6

8 pupil adaptions (4 examples)
Compliers
Rebels
Colonizers 
Intransigence

Question 7

Mary Fuller

Answer 7

Black girls formed anti school subcultures as a result of labeling but tried to disproove their labels