Realationships and proccesses within schools Flashcards
TEACHER/ PUPIL RELATIONSHIPS
where did the labelling theory come from
Developed by Howard Beck
examines how individuals come to be defined or criminal and how society’s reaction to this label can influence their future
what is the labelling theory and where did it come from
teachers applying labels to pupils in relation to ability, potential and behaviour
this leads to a self- fufling prophecy
inside schools factors like labelling, subcultures explains the different achievements in schools regarding class, ethnicity and gender
stereotypes about certain groups leads to the stereotypical ideal student normally middle class white female which leads to producing the halo effect = Impression of person influences our judgement. which effects how people treat you.
evaluation of the labelling theory
no suggestion that self fulfilling prophecy is inevitable (always happens) as people can reject it = self refuting prophecy
- Hard to prove extent to whoch teachers label, labelling could lead to
- mirza argued labelling didn’t have a negative effect on black girls, she studied they more determined to suceed (self-refuting prophecy) - the labelling theory does not help us undertand undertsnad why some pupls would internalise a label and others seek to reject it and whether certain social groups would be more likley to react one way or another doesnt explain why.
- ## interactionalist sociologists do not look at structual reasons of labelling, howeve working class minority and ethnic groups are more likely to have a negative label put on the
evidence of labelling theory
Rosenthal and Jacobson
Rosenthal and Jacobson
evidence of labelling theory
they carried out a social experiment test to see the validity of the self- fulfilling prophecy. they told teachers they used IQ tests.
they then gave the teachers a list of students who according to the test were better and they were expected to show significant intellectual growth during the year - they were labelled bloomers.
this list was random and not based of facts of the results. The students labelled as bloomers were no different from their peers in terms of actual academic ability.
the teachers where unaware of this. the key variable was that the teachers were led to believe these student had the potential to greater intellectual growth.
the reults whwre at the end of teh year tehstudets who had been labbled as bloomers performed significantly better that their peers on the same intelligence tests. This was not due to the actual intelcutual ability of the children but due to the teachers expectations and the way they treated theese students.
teachers unknownly gave them more attention, encouragmnet and suport ot the studnets expected to do well.
over all fount thta he bloomers that were lablled randomly led was due to the self- fulffling prophecy.
what is a pupil subcultures
groups who share the same same ideas and behaviour patterns which are different to the mainstream culture
anti school subcultures and pro - school subcultures
anti-school subculture
consists of rebels against the school for various reasons and they develop nan anti-school identity made up of delinquent (naughty) values, attitudes and behaviour to the academic aims, ethos and rules of the school
truancy, breaking rules and messing about is a way of getting back at the system, resisting schooling as schools denied them the status by labelling them as failures putting them in lower streams and sets leads to a contribute to poor educational performance as it effect as their self esteem and try self- fulfil. teachers don’t give them much attention as seen in Rosenthal and Jakobson
anti school subcultures helps student improve their self esteem as they can look for a status with their delinquent groups.
jackson
13-14 year old boys and girls where interviewed and conducted questionnaires. the results suggest that girls are increasingly becoming apart of antischool subculture behaviour which is female equivalent to the ‘ladish culture’
evaluation - however girls still try to achieve academic success working hard but hiding their work so that they are not judged
