Differentiation - Class And School (internal features) Flashcards
Teacher student relationships (INC: teacher perception of ideal student, class stereotypes, labelling and self-fulfilling prophecy)
Middle class students may receive more help as they speak in elaborated code and have more cultural.
Teachers see potential, encourage students more.
Ideal student: dress smart, elaborated code
Higher class students may: have tutors, betaken for a dyslexia test etc
The curriculum
The knowledge people on higher power have decided you need
May differ based on accessibility to the curriculum
More cultural capital you have = easier to absorb
The hidden curriculum
The unwritten rules, values and normative patterns of behaviour which students are expected to conform to.
Who is repressed by the hidden curriculum
Female students, students from a lower-class, those belonging to a subordinate racial category — often treated in ways that reinforce INFERIOR self-images
MAY BE MORE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO AUTHORITY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT.
The organisation of teaching and learning
Ability groups and mixed ability groups
ability groups POSITIVES
Pupils taught at appropriate learning speed
Parents love this
Encouragement- improving confidence
Ability groups NEGATIVES
Higher groups CAN BE prioritised
Students can be grouped by behaviours rather than wisdom
Stereotypes grouped - contributes to the underachievement of the working class
Mixed ability groups POSITIVES
Social benefit - no class conflict
Same teaching encouragement - MERITOCRACY
NO prejudice
Mixed ability groups NEGATIVE
Students vary in ability / focus
Make teaching difficult
Student identities and subculture
Pro school and Anti-school
Pro-school
Subcultures are typically comprised of middle-class backgrounds
Anti-school culture
COUNTER-SCHOOL CULTURE
typically lower class
Truancy ( playing up to teachers)
Breaking rules
