Internal Differences Flashcards
Becker
Interviewed 60 chicago high school teachers, found they judged pupils on how closely they fitted the ‘ideal pupil’
Rist
Study of American kindergarten shows teacher used info on childrens home background and appearence to place children in separate groups
- WC at the back
- MC at the front
Dunne and Gazeley
Studied 9 English state secondary schools found teachers ‘normalised’ underachievement of WC pupils
Teachers labelled MC parents as supportive. Set more work for MC pupils
Rosenthall and Jacobson
Study of Oak community school: told the school they had a new test specifically designed to identify those who would spurt ahead - untrue
Tested all pupils, picked 20% at random and labelled them as spurters
Came back a year later to find 47% of those identified had made significant progress
Becker
WC pupils more likely to be put in low streams, MC in higher streams
Hard to move up streams due to self fulfilling prophecy
Gillborn and Youdell
A-C Economy = teachers focus their time, effort and resources on those pupils they know will get 5C’s
Educational triage = school categorises pupils into 3 categories
Lacey
Differentation = process of teachers categorising pupils according to ability, attitude, behaviour …
Polarisation = how students react respond to streaming
Ball
Study of abolishing streaming showed although there was a decline in polarisation, differentation continued through labelling
Woods
Integration = teachers pet
rebellion = outright rejection
ritualism = going through the motions and staying out of trouble
Evans
Studied a group of 21 WC girls from a south London school studying for their A levels - reluctant to app;y for elite universities
^ feelings come from WC habitus (Bourdieu)
Archer
MC habitus stigmatises WC pupil habitus (Nike identities)
Ingram
Study of 2 WC catholic boys from the same highly deprived neighbourhood . 1 passed their 11+ and went to grammar school
. The other failed and went to local secondary school
^ both had the same WC habitus/identity
