Labelling Flashcards
Labelling in secondary
Louise Gazeley(2008) - argue that schools persistently produce working-class under achievement because of the labels and assumptions of teachers
Teachers normalised the under achievement of working class pupils
Labelling in primary schools
Ray Rist’s (1970) study- found that the teacher used information about children home background and appearance to place them in separate groups
‘Fast learner’- tiger’s
Cardinals and clowns were seated the furthest away
Amelia Hempel Jorgensen
Largely working class aspen school- teachers based ideal pupil upon obedience, quietness and passive ness
Mainly middle class rrowan - ideal pupil based on personality and academic ability
Howard Becker (1971)
Interviews with 60 Chicago high school students
Found that they judged pupils according to how wee they fitted an image of the ideal pupil