Labeling - education

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  • Created on: 06-04-22 13:08
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    • Primary Schools
      • Rist (1970) teachers label pupils using knowledge of background and appearance.
      • Those labelled fast learning tended to be middle class and neat and clean.
    • Secondary Schools
      • Labelling depended on how teaches view the role of pupils home background
        • ie. working class parents uninterested, middle class parents interested in child's education.
      • Dunne and Gazeley (2008) schools produce working class underachievers because of the labels.
        • Underachievement is normalised in working class pupils.
    • Definition - Attaching a meaning to someone
    • Becker (1971) teachers judged pupils on how closely they fit the image of an ideal student.
      • Work, conduct and appearance are key factors in how pupils are judged.
      • He suggests that teachers see middle class girls were closest to the ideal pupil in terms of performance, conduct and attitude
    • Working class students considered furthest from "ideal", middle class pupils considered closest.

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