School Subcultures Flashcards

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school subcultures - pupil subcultures

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group of people who share values, norms and behaviours that give them a sense of belonging, support and peer-group status

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school subcultures - why do subcultures emerge?

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as a response to being labelled
led by differentiation and polarisation
effects them failing/succeeding

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school subcultures - differentiation

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process teachers categorise/judge students based on how they perceive them

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school subcultures - polarisation

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process pupils respond to being categorised

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school subcultures - pro-school subculture

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pupils committed/conform to values of the school

gain status through academic success

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school subcultures - mac & ghail

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academic achievers: working-class white/asian males that aspire middle-class careers through academic success
new entrepreneurs: academic success through vocational subjects
the conformists: black people that conform to avoid racist stereotyping
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school subcultures - anti-school subculture

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pupils with delinquent values in opposition of the school
rebel to get back at the system who denied them status
subculture of resistance

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school subcultures - what do pupils with anti-school subculture suffer?

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loss of self-esteem

leads them to gain success/status in other methods

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school subcultures - what causes anti-school subculture?

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self-fulfilling prophecy

contributes to poor educational performance

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school subcultures - who do black-caribbean working-class boys reject school?

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as an act of rebellion against racist stereotyping

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school subcultures - girls adopt which behaviour?

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ladette - dominant, uncontrolled laddish culture found among boys
secretly tree to achieve academic success

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