ROLES AND PROCESSES

Question 1

WHAT MAKES THE IDEAL PUPIL?

Answer 1

• Female
• White
• Middle Class
• Quiet

Question 2

WHAT IS SETTING?

Answer 2

Students are placed into groups based on ability for individual subjects.

Question 3

WHAT IS STREAMING?

Answer 3

Students are placed into groups based on ability for all subjects.

Question 4

WHAT IS THE SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY (SFP)?

Answer 4

When a student internalises their label and acts accordingly.

Question 5

DESCRIBE BECKERS LABELLING THEORY.

Answer 5

• It suggests that teachers attach a label to students that is not based off of actual ability
• This label is based of the student in comparison to the ‘Ideal Pupil’
• All teacher/student interactions are based off of their label
• The label creates a SFP

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE THREE AO3 POINTS YOU CAN MAKE ABOUT LABELLING?

Answer 6

1) Too Deterministic - Focuses only on the negative effects

2) Places too much importance on the influence of teachers over pupils

3) Teachers have had training to avoid negative labelling

Question 7

WHAT ARE THE TWO REACTIONS TO LABELLING?

Answer 7

1) Rejection of that label - Fuller (1984) found that black girls in a comprehensive school rejected their negative label and achieved academically anyway

2) Self Fulfilling Prophecy

Question 8

WHAT IS THE CASE STUDY THAT YOU CAN USE TO DISCUSS LABELLING?

Answer 8

Rosenthal and Jacobson

• Fake IQ test given to students
• Random 20% identified as ‘BRIGHT’
• Those students achieved higher by the end of the year