Lacey (1970) looked at a group of boys who didnt get into grammar school, and wrre all successul in primary school. At grammar school, differentiation led to the more able' being placed in high streams and vice versa.
Polarisation was the process in which the pupils responded to this streaming - the high stream ones adopted a 'pro school subculture', whereas the low stream ones adopted an 'anti school subculture', and gaining status amongst their peers through bad behaviour, traunting , not doing homework, smoking etc.
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