Social Class Educational Attainment Inside Factors: Anti-School Subcultures Flashcards
Name 2 studies which studied anti-school subcultures
Willis, Archer
How many lads were in Willis’ study?
12
How long did Willis study the lads for?
1 year in school, 6 months in their job
How did the lads treat school in Willis’ study?
They treated it as a place to prepare their skills for dealing with the boredom of factory work
Which one of Sugarmans identified working class values is shown in how the lads in Willis’ study behave?
Fatalism
How was Fatalism shown in Willis’ working class lads?
They believed that they would do the same job as their dads, which was to work in a factory
Who were the working class lads in Willis’ study’s role models?
Their dads
What did Archer want to find with their study?
Why working class students did not go on to higher level education
What did the students in Archers study do to resist the Education system?
They wore branded clothes such as Nike which went against uniform codes
How did the students in Archers study gain status?
Through the clothes they wore and their peer group
How did the students in Archers study feel about the school they went to?
They felt it was a terrible school
How could the feeling of students in Archers study of the school they go to being terrible have impacted on their educational attainment?
It meant that they felt like they were discarded and worthless, which is why they started to try and seek value by doing other things such as wearing branded clothes
How does Willis’ study show how anti-school subcultures will result in a negative impact on educational attainment?
They would rather have “a laff” and not do work than do work and achieve high grades
How does Archers study show how anti-school subcultures will result in a negative impact on educational attainment?
Students to not wear the correct uniform so get told off and likely spend less time in lessons or are judged poorly by teachers
