Social Class Educational Attainment Inside Factors: Labelling Flashcards
Which sociological ideology has the largest focus on the impacts of labelling?
Interactionists
Who created the concept of the “Ideal Pupil”
Becker
Name 3 characteristics of the ideal pupil
Handing in work on time, Getting high grades, Respecting authority
What assumptions do teachers make about students labelled as the ideal pupil?
They will do work to a high standard and complete it on time
What assumptions do teachers make about students labelled as the non-ideal pupil?
They consider them to not do good quality work and also not achieve high grades in exams
How do the teachers judgements affect the ideal pupil?
It makes them more likely to continue working at a high standard and also completing their work on time
How do the teachers judgements affect the non-ideal pupils?
They may feel discouraged to achieve higher because there is not as much effort being put in to their education by the teacher
What impact does negative labelling have on educational outcomes?
If a person of authority (teacher) labels a student negatively they are more likely to continue to misbehave and do poorly in exams
What impact does positive labelling have on educational outcomes? Which study can support this?
Rosenthal and Jacobson found that students who were labelled positively ended up doing well in exams and performed better in classes overall
Which sociologists found that teachers saw working class pupils as being disruptive and low achievers?
Dunne and Gazeley
What was the result of teachers seeing working class pupils in a poorer view?
They put them in to lower sets and gave them foundation papers to do for exams
How did being a working class student disadvantage them in the eyes of the teacher in Dunne and Gazeleys study?
They were more likely to be seen as not intelligent and disruptive
In Dunne and Gazeleys study, what did teachers rely on when placing students into higher or lower sets?
Common sense
What was normalized in Dunne and Gazeleys study?
The educational failure of working class pupils
In Dunne and Gazeleys study, what did teachers think about working class pupils parents and how did this impact the teachers judgement of working class pupils?
Teachers assumed that if their parents did not help them, then there would be no point in the teacher trying to help them either
