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
2
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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
3
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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
4
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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
5
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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