Topic 6 - Relationships and Processes in schools Flashcards
What is the hidden curriculum?
Messaged and Ideas that schools do not directly teach but which children learn and which are part of normal routines of the organisation
Bowles and Gintis argument of the hidden curriculum
It helps to enforce ideas of the workforce through education
Parsons view on the hidden curriculum (functionalism)
School teaches you that if you work hard you will be rewarded, you need to learn this in order to survive and thrive in society
Feminist view on the hidden curriculum
Used to transmit a patriarchal ideology and help boys dominate the classroom
How does Becker argue that teachers label kids?
Teachers have an idea of an ideal pupil - teachers evaluate students and label them based on this criteria
How does teacher labelling interact with class according to Becker?
Teachers perceived MC pupils as closest to the ideal and working class as less able and lacking motivation
How does teacher labelling interact with class according to Gillborn and Youdell?
WC kids are more likely to be disruptive, unmotivated and lacking parental support so found it difficult to convince teacher they have ability
How does labelling impact students according to Rosenthal and Jacobsen/
Self-fulfilling prophecy - students labelled as bright could be expected to make more progress that those who weren’t positively labelled
What does Sugarman argue about the WC?
The WC are fatalistic, want instant gratification and are collectivist
What did Gillborn find out about how ethnicity interacts with labelling?
The ideal stereotype favours white children
Many teachers do not see Black Students as likely academic successes - placed in lower sets
What did Connolly find out about labelling of South Asian students?
They were seen as obedient, conformist and hard-working and the teachers expected good results
What was Sewell’s evaluation of labelling and ethnicity?
The idea that teachers are directly or indirectly holding back Black pupils is questionable. It is likely yo do with the inability to break away from the anti-education peer group
What did Hallam and Parsons find out about why setting and streaming impacts students?
Grouping children by ability changes teacher expectation, what it taught to them, how it is taught and the unspoken messaged that students receive about themselves
Fuller’s evaluation of teacher expectations
Black girls in London were expected to fail. They resented this expectation and proved it wrong by working hard and getting good results
What are sub-cultures?
Values, norms and behaviours of specific groups of students who adopt certain behaviours
