Knowledge And Streaming

Question 1

What can setting and streaming effect?

Answer 1

The type of knowledge students can gain access to

Question 2

Keddie

Answer 2

Different streams studying the same humanities subjects

• lower streams simplified content
• higher streams taught in terms of abstract concepts and questions taken more seriously
• questions in lower set seen as irrelevant

Question 3

How different streaming effects a student (sociologist)

Answer 3

Keddie

Question 4

Gilbourn and Youdell

Answer 4

Working class and black students more likely to be placed in lower sets

Question 5

Lower class and black students placed in lower sets

Answer 5

Gilbourn and Youdell

Question 6

Hargreaves

Answer 6

Students in lower streams had been labelled as trouble makers revoked against values of school
- non - conformist delinquent subculture

Question 7

Nom conformist delinquent culture (sociologist)

Answer 7

Hargreaves

Question 8

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 8

Lowest set : ‘macho lads’ little interest in school
Middle set: ‘new enterprisers’ vocational rather than academic
Highest set: ‘academic achievers’ high study

Question 9

3 sets (sociologist)

Answer 9

Mac an Ghaill