Rists' studied kindergarten
where the teacher MC
'tigers' at the front, and WC
'clowns' at the back
Teachers had
expectations
based on class
Secondary
schools
Becker - teachers
judged based on
'ideal' pupill
MC
closer
to ideal
High and low
status knowledge
Keddie - labelled as
high/low status,
knowledge controlled
accordingly
Set accordingly,
given different level
textbooks etc
Self-fulfilling
prophecy
Teacher labels
students, treats them
different accordingly,
pupil internalises
expectation and sees
themselves in that
way - the prediction is
fulfilled
Rosenthal and Jacobson -
allocated some students as
'spurters', a year later 47%
had significantly improved IQ
Can be
rejected
Wright studied Asian
pupils expected to
have poor linguistic
skills and discluded.
However, they dare
highest achievers
Streaming
WC more likely
in lower sets
Can
move
sets
Higher
streams
are pushed
Pupil
subcultures
Differentiation
is a process that
categorises
students
Polarisation is where
pupils respond to
streaming by moving
towards one of two
extremes
Ball shows this
still happens in
schools without
streaming bc of
teachers
Pro-school
subculture
Commit
to school
values
Seek
academic
success
Anti-school
subculture
Feel inferior and
seek status
through inverting
school values
More likely to
be in lower sets
Woods
Integration -
being the
teachers pet
Ritualism -
staying out
of trouble
Retreatism -
daydreaming and
mucking aroung
Rebellion -
outright
rejection of
school values
Critcisms
Assumes pupils
accept their label
Marxists believe it
ignores the wider
structures of power