Interactionist Analysis of Education Flashcards
Who created the Pygmalion Effect Study?
Rosenthal and Jacobson
What did Rosenthal and Jacobson want to show?
Children labelled as academic bloomers would do better 1 year later
What did Rosenthal and Jacobson do at the start of the experiment with the children?
They made them sit an exam
What did Rosenthal and Jacobson do after the exam was sat?
Picked random students names and told their teachers that they would be academic bloomers
What would the teachers then do in the Pygmalion Effect study?
Be a person of authority and label the students as academic bloomers
What did Rosenthal and Jacobson find?
1 year later, the children labelled academic bloomers did better in the exam
How do teachers generally label pupils?
Based on their shared characteristics
What do labels given to students by teachers do?
Potentially either positively or negatively impact their Education
Who created the concept of the ‘ideal pupil’?
Becker
Name 2 traits of the ideal pupil?
Finishes work on time, is a high achiever
How is an ideal pupil treated differently?
They are given more detailed feedback and encouraged to develop answers further
What does the concept of the ‘ideal pupil’ disprove in Functionalist Analysis of Education?
The idea of Universalistic standards being present in Education
Who created the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy and master status?
Becker
Which person in Education is able to apply a master status to a student?
A teacher
Which group of people in overall society are able to potentially apply a master status to others?
People with authority
What happens when Pupils gain a master status?
They make that status about their whole lives and then mirror that status
What is it called once a person fulfils their master status?
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Which 2 types of shaming are there?
Disintegrative Shaming, Reintegrative Shaming