interactionism and education

Question 1

interactionist view of education?

Answer 1

• micro perspective focused on inside schools and the interaction between teacher and pupil within classroom

Question 2

beckers labelling theory in schools?

Answer 2

• self fulfilling prophecy is said to work in cohesion with the labelling theory
• labelling is believed to be detrimental to self esteem and self concept
• its argued that stereotypes held by teachers concerning concepts such as “intelligence’, ‘ability’, are importance factors related to social class and the determination of educational achievement.

Question 3

master status ?

Answer 3

when a label has been successfully been applied, the main characteristic has become their master status

Question 4

self negating prophecy ?

Answer 4

where the student refuses to accept the opinion or label the teacher has applied on them and instead uses the support of others such as parents or other teacher to prove the teacher wrong

Question 5

Hargreaves ?

Answer 5

found through observations that in secondary schools teachers made initial judgements about students based on their behaviour, ability and potential

Question 6

critics ?

Answer 6

• small micro theory criticised by larger theories
• strength is that based on the evidence collected in schools it could be used by teachers to make changes in schools
• research is too small can’t be representative of the education system as a whole