pupil identities

Question 1

identity definition

Answer 1

concerned with how individuals see themselves and how they are seen by others

Question 2

what different identities do we have?

Answer 2

ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, social class, religion etc.

Question 3

what reinforces gender and sexual identities?

Answer 3

pupils experiences in school

Question 4

what does bob connell propose?

Answer 4

hegemonic masculinity - the dominance of heterosexual masculine identity and the subordination of female and gay identities

Question 5

what did mac and ghaill find?

Answer 5

boys were called ‘gay’ for doing work

Question 6

what is symbolic capital (archer)? how do girls gain it?

Answer 6

symbolic capital - the status, recognition and sense of worth girls receive from others

girls gain this through a hyper-heterosexual feminine identity - makeup/sexy clothes

Question 7

how does hyper-heterosexual feminine identity affect achievement?

Answer 7

• can bring girls into conflict with school due to teachers seeing their appearance as distracting to learning as well as breaking school rules

Question 8

what is a second way girls gain symbolic capital?

Answer 8

by having a boyfriend - archer found that having a boyfriend often lowers girls aspirations and got in the way of their education. girls lost interest in attending uni or studying ‘male’ subjects

Question 9

what is the final way girls gained symbolic capital? how does this affect achievement?

Answer 9

adopting loud assertive outspoken and independent personas, and challenge teachers authority and schools ethos. can lead to girls being removed from lesson.

Question 10

ethnicity and identity

Answer 10

archer: teachers often define pupils by stereotypical
ethnic identities which often lack the favored ideal pupil characteristics. this leads to negative labelling.
when students challenge these stereotypes they are
treated more harshly.

Question 11

what is the ideal pupil identity?

Answer 11

White
Middle class
Masculine identity
Normal sexuality
Achieving through natural
ability and talent.

Question 12

what is the pathologized pupil identity?

Answer 12

Deserving poor
Feminised identity
Asexual / repressed sexuality
Plodding conformist
Slogger who succeeds
through hard work rather than natural ability

Question 13

what is the demonized pupil identity?

Answer 13

Black
Working class
Hyper sexualized
Unintelligent
Culturally deprived
Underachiever