Labelling theory and education (internal factors)

Question 1

David Hargreaves

Answer 1

“Typing” by teachers goes through three phases:

1. Speculation-appearance
2. Elaboration-confirmed/contradicted
3. Stabilisation-confident in hypothesis

Question 2

Ray Rist

Answer 2

Teachers places students into three different groups:

1. Tigers-highest
2. Cardinals
3. Clowns

Question 3

Sharp and Green

Answer 3

Labelling by teachers based on students social class-reproduction of social class inequality

Question 4

Howard Becker

Answer 4

Labelling process:
Label applied
Label reinforced 
Label rejected/accepted 
Consequence of accepted-demoralised, self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 5

Neil Keddie

Banding and streaming

Answer 5

Teaching attitudes differ enormously from top groups to bottom groups

Question 6

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 6

“Pygmalion in the classroom”

Gave students IQ test