streaming Flashcards
what is streaming?
seperate pupils according to the ability and each group is taught seperartely
where would lower class find themsleves ?
-more likley to find themselves in lower streams, locked into low expectations
gilborn and youdel 2001 ?
-exam tables forces schools to focus on a-c statics
triage ?
-categorising pupils into those that will achieve anyway
-therefore dosent require much effort
pro school subculture?
-pupils in high streams remain committed to school and its values
anti school subculture?
-pupils in low stream lose their self esteem
-being a failure means they gain status from other activites
-gains status of sabotaging the system
hargreaves (1967) secondary modern
-boys here were triple failures
-failed 11 plus placed into low streams, labelled as worthless
-they form delinquent subculture which gurantees failure
ball (1981) beachside comprehensive
-pupil polarisation disappeared but m/c kids still did better
-teachers still label MIC kids as able
-class inequalities continuted without pupil subcultures
furlong 1984
pupils may drift in out of different responses throughout their school career
archer (2010)
interaction between a pupils class identity formed outside of school and achiment
symbolic capital
-middle class students are seen as having potential
-they share the same habitus as the education system
symbolic violance
-w/c see education as unnatural
-to be educationally succesful w/c have to change the way they talk and present
-have to lose themselves to fit in
nike identites?
- w/c seek alternatives ways of creating self worth and identity
-conflict with school dress code seen as rebels
evans 2009
-says the w/c girls say dont apply for top universities
-oxbridge not for the likes of us not fit in
-limit success
