Topic 2 Internal Factors In Class Achievement

Question 1

Dunne and gazeley

Answer 1

Teachers make assumptions and labels for working class students where as they believe middle class can overcome it

Question 2

Rist

Answer 2

Teacher labelling :

• fast learners were called ‘ Tigers ‘ this was middle class
• ’ clowns and cardinals ‘ are working class pupils and were treated differently to middle class students

Question 3

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Answer 3

Experiment : tested pupils and got told they were spurters although it was random. Did a test and only half spurted. They believed this was due to teacher labelling and treatment and this is called self fulfilling prophecy

Question 4

Lacey

Answer 4

Mainly working class pupils placed in lower streams , formed anti school subcultures to gain status from their peers

Question 5

Gillborn and youdell

Answer 5

A-c economy due to marketisation has lead to educational triage. Schools ignore hopeless cases which tend to be working class pupils which leads to underachievement and failure

Question 6

Woods

Answer 6

Different pupil sub cultural responses based on differentiation by teachers

Question 7

Archer

Answer 7

Working class habits is in conflict with middle class habitual and doesn’t fit educations habit is leading to Nike identities , symbolic violence and failure

Question 8

Evans

Answer 8

Class identity promoted self exclusion from an experiment of 21 working class pupils

Question 9

Becker

Answer 9

Teachers judge pupils on how closely they fitted the ‘ideal pupil’