Subcultures Flashcards
Describe differentiation
Teachers categorises high vs low status due to ability
Define Polarisation
Students due to streaming move towards poles pro and anti school
Describe pro school subculture
Pupils in high streams remain committed to school values. Gain status in approved manner through academic success
Describe anti school subculture
Pupils in low streams suffer loss of self esteem and self worth
Label of failure pushes them to do the alternative to gain status ie inverting school values
Seek approval from peers
Form an alternative hierarchy
Self fulfilling prophecy of failure
What did Lacey and Hargreaves say?
Students who performed well in primary where there was no streaming , joining antisubculture and failing when streaming
What did Peter Woods say?
Other responses to school
Ingratiation - teachers pet
Ritualism - Going through the motions and staying out of trouble
Retreatism - daydreaming, mucking about
Rebellion - outright rejection of everything school stands for
What did Furlong say?
No commitment could swap between them depending on teachers and subjects