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.
- Labelling depended on how teaches view the role of pupils home background
- 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.
- Primary Schools
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