internal factors social class

Question 1

what is labelling?

Answer 1

attaching a meaning or definition to someone how teachers categorise pupils as ‘bright’ ‘troublesome’ ‘lazy’ ‘enthusiastic’

Question 2

what does becker argue?

Answer 2

teachers held a positive ideal view of middle class pupils & preferred to teach them whereas they held a negative view of wc pupils and were less willing to teach them

Question 3

what did interactionists conclude?

Answer 3

teachers have often failed to assess their wc pupils academic potential objectively - likely to assess students academic potential in terms of their appearance, language etc rather than in terms of intellectual abilities - so wc children have thus been perceived by teachers as being less intelligent than mc children

Question 4

what is the self fulfilling prophecy?

Answer 4

prediction a teacher will make at the start about a student by attaching a label - a students self perception is influenced by the teachers label and their behaviour reflects it

Question 5

what is streaming?

Answer 5

putting students with similar abilities in the same class and teaching them

Question 6

what does Lacey argue?

Answer 6

When streaming, setting or banding systems are in operation, wc students were more likely to be consigned to lower streams, set or band even when in reality they have academic potential

Question 7

what did gillbourn and youdell find?

Answer 7

wc and black pupils are less likely to be perceived as having potential so entered for lower papers , put in lower sets

Question 8

what subcultures do working class students tend to join?

Answer 8

anti school subcultures - engage in behaviour which rejects school values and goals - involves disrespecting teachers, behaving badly

Question 9

what subcultures do middle class students tend to join?

Answer 9

pro school subcultures - the groups of students who accept and conform to the ethos, rules, and values of the school