Social Class Internal Factors

Question 1

Theorists Social class internal factors

Answer 1

Bernstein

Becker

Fuller

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Ball

Gillborn

Question 2

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Answer 2

Self fulfilling prophecy - act in response to behaviour predicted/labelled making prediction/label become true

Question 3

Criticsm of self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 3

Too deterministic. Fuller - self negating (black students rejected negative label and proved them wrong by overcoming stereotypes

Question 4

Becker

Answer 4

Labelling theory - behaviour/characteristics of individuals may be influenced by the term used to describe them.

KEDDIE - M/c more likely to fit bright and hardworking label whereas w/c seen as failures

Leads to label being internalised and leads to self fulfilling prophecy

Question 5

Ball

Answer 5

Effects of streaming

M/c more likely to be positively labelled and put into higher streams

W/c placed into lower streamed ‘cooled down’ and ignored and put emphasis on vocational courses

Question 6

Gillborn

Answer 6

Educational triage

Triage in school (Divide pupils into 3 groups from likely to succeed in exams)

Consequence of marketisation

1) safe (5 A* - C)
2. Middle need help
3. No hope left to die educational death