sociology 2

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Created on: 07-06-16 21:23

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INTERNAL FACTORS IN CLASS DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT
- LABELLING
  - when a meaning is attached to someone such as: lazy
  - BECKER teachers would label pupils on what they thought was the ideal pupil (tends to be MC)
  - FULLER conducted a study on a group of black girls and found that negative labelling doesnt always lead to failing
    - negative labelling can lead to a self fulfilling prophecy of failure
  - GILLBORN found that teachers negatively label black people as they were seen as a 'challenge to school authority'
    - negative labelling can mean that they get put into lower stream or bands. BALL found that MC children were in higher bands which gave them an advantage
  - as a response to negative labelling pupils may form anti school subcultures
- SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY (SFP)
  - a prediction that comes true because it was made
  - ROSENTHAL AND JACOBSON made a false test and identified that some children would do well - it came true as the teacher treated these pupils accordingly which lead to success
  - BECKER argued WC children are in lower streams as they are not seen as the ideal pupil - they then feel as if they have been given up on sos create negative SFP
- PUPIL SUBCULTURES
  - a subculture is a group of pupils who share similar values and behaviours
  - LACEY came up with differentiation (teachers categorising pupils according to how they perceive their ability)
    - LACEY also came up with polarisation (how pupils respond to streaming - moving to one extreme or the other)
  - WC usually in lower streams created anti school subculture (ASSC) which lead to SFP of failure
  - BALL = if no streaming ASSC would decline