Pupil Identities Flashcards
What are Pupil Identities? (external factors).
- How individuals see themselves and how they are perceived based on external factors, which can effect our educational achievement.
- Can be forged through structural causes (class, etc) or active choices that form identity.
22 Scottish boys identified as non-educated delinquents due to class whilst some girls labelled themselves this to be ‘cool.’
Class Identity (stereotyping, labelling, setting, subcultures):
Archer = believes that working class students were aware of middle class culture looking down on them, leading to them trying to gain status.
- Created a strong class identity e.g: buying designer clothes.
Class identity conflicted with school culture as teachers oppose ‘street’ dress code, would label them negatively.
Gender Identity (stereotypes, labelling, subcultures, peer pressure):
Connell = hegemonic masculinity prevalent in school culture, subordination of girls.
Lees = double standards regarding sexual behaviour = male teachers apply negative labels too.
Parker = verbal abuse impacts sexual and gender identities. E.g boys labelled as gay = not related to actual sexual behaviour but used to reinforce gender norms.
Ringrose = female peer groups contributed to the development of traditional gender identity = idealised feminine identity and sexualised identity (conflict). Balancing risk of being slut-shamed or being frigid shamed. Reay = girls may conform to the perfect feminine pupil identity = asexual identity.
Ethnic Identity (labelling, racism, subcultures, ethnocentrism, institutional racism):
Archer = ideal pupil identity (white, MC identity), pathologised pupil identity (ethnic, feminine identity who used hard work to achieve), demonised pupil identity (black, working-class who is an underachiever).
Interviews with teachers, more likely to be seen as the other 2 identities. Ethnic minorities can still be seen as abnormal despite high achievements. E.g: Chinese students praised by teachers also seen as repressed/passive (achieving in the ‘wrong’ way).
Cine et al = racism from pupils common in schools, suffered racial abuse and unkindness due to ethnicity. This affects a student’s self-esteem and affects achievement whilst shaping ethnic identity.
