Internal Factors That Effect Achievement
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- Created on: 24-04-15 16:10
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- INTERNAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT ACHIEVEMENT
- The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- Outline
- 1. Teacher labels pupil on a spectrum of intelligence and makes prediction.
- 2. The teacher treats the pupil accordingly to their prediction.
- 3. The pupil internalizes the teacher's expectation and the prediction comes true.
- Teachers expectations
- Teachers expectations based on the results of an IQ test.
- Can produce under-achievement if children are predicted failure.
- Streaming
- Separating and grouping children into ability.
- Becker showed working class are not always seen as intelligent.
- Once streamed it is hard to progress.
- Middle class benifit as they are more likely to be put in higher streams.
- Outline
- Marketisation and Selection Policies
- Competition and Selection
- An Image to Attract Middle Class
- Educational Triage
- Labelling
- Primary Schools
- Ray Rist
- 1. Found children in a kindergarten were separated by class and appearance.
- 2. Those who were middle class and neat were labelled as fast learners and given more opportunities.
- Sharp and Green
- 1. Viewed middle class children as ready to learn before working class.
- Ray Rist
- Secondary Schools
- Howard Becker
- 2. Found children were judged on how closely they fitted the image of an 'ideal pupil'.
- 1. Interviewed 60 high Chicago high school teachers.
- 3. Teachers found working class as underachievers and middle class as high achievers.
- Cicourel and Kitsuse
- 1. Studied american counselors.
- 2. Found labelling or working class students effects them.
- 3. Found inconsistencies in the way counselors assessed students.
- 4. Children judged largely on their race or class - middle class students were set higher expectations.
- Howard Becker
- High and Low Status Knowledge
- A stream pupils were given abstract theoretical knowledge.
- C stream students were given descriptive common sense knowledge which they could relate to everyday life.
- Limitations
- Primary Schools
- Pupil Sub-Cultures
- Pro-School
- Anti-School
- Abolishing Streaming
- Colin Lacy's Concepts
- Untitled
- The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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