in school factors that effect education

Question 1

how do teachers use the labelling theory?

Answer 1

• give labels according to stereotypes - tend to assume w/c pupils are less behaved/bright
• has huge effect on students educational achievement as labels become a self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 2

what does Hargreaves 1975 argue about teachers?

Answer 2

• book deviance in the classroom - teachers actively look for all this information and build up a picture of a student and label them accordingly

Question 3

how can teachers using labelling theory be evaluated?

Answer 3

• not all students accept bias
• too deterministic
• can motivate students to become the ‘ideal pupil’

Question 4

what does Steven Ball argue about setting and streaming?

Answer 4

• says it creates and perpetuates social inequalities and reduces confidence of pupils in lower sets