Pupil Subcultures

Question 1

what is Pupil subculture

Answer 1

> A Group of Student who have similar Values and Behaviour Patterns

Question 2

Lacey’s (1970) concepts of differentiation and polarisation (Differentiation)

Answer 2

-The process of teachers categorising pupils according to how they perceive their ability attitude and or behaviour

• Streaming is a form of differentiation since it categorises children into separate classes

Question 3

Pro school subculture

Answer 3

Pupils that are put in high streams who are mostly m/c tend to remain committed to the values of the school

-They gain their status through academic success, their values are those of the school, they tend to form a pro school subculture

Question 4

Anti school subculture

Answer 4

-Those placed in the lower streams (mostly w/c) suffer a loss of self esteem
-The school had undermined their self worth by placing them in a position of inferior status
-This label of failure pushes them to search for alternative ways of gaining status
-This may involve turning the school values upside down or inverting the schools values of hard work and obedience

Question 5

Lacey and how boys develop and anti school subculture

Answer 5

Boys will feel sabotage and Rejected and that Education seen as for the Pro School Subcultures

They will begin to gain STATUS from their Peers

Therefore they are Put in a Inferior Position