Social class and Anti-school subcultures Flashcards

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What are anti-school subcultures

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  • groups of students with norms and values that oppose the ethos of the school
  • other subcultures based on gender and ethnicity
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Why do working class students rebel

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  • process of setting and streaming - lower sets are like a psychological prison - Boaler
  • denied status through legitimate means - opt for alternative status hierarchy
  • rejection of working-class habitus - symbolic violence
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How do anti school subcultures form

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  • Lacey - Hightown Grammar - differentiation and polarisation of students through setting and streaming
  • Willis - Learning to Labour - fatalistic reactions to education
  • Mac an Ghail - Macho lads - excessive discipline cause rejection of norms and values
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Impacts of anti-school subcultures

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  • rejection of education as a means of success
  • reinforce fatalistic attitudes of working-class students
  • exclusions and disciplinary actions
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Evaluations

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  • In school factors stereotyping, labelling, teacher and pupil interactions
  • Deterministic - anti school does not mean anti-education
  • is it in school factors or external factors that influence behaviour
  • most students conform to norms and values
  • links to further deviance
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