pupil subcultures - internal

Question 1

what did Lacey find?

Answer 1

two ways pupil subcultures develop:
- differentiation - teachers categorising pupils according to how they perceive their behaviour and attitudes
- polarisation - pupils respond to streaming by moving towards one of two ‘poles’ (extremes) - pro-school subculture or anti-school subculture

Question 2

pro-school subculture

Answer 2

pupils placed in high streams tend to remain committed to the values of the school

Question 3

anti-school subculture

Answer 3

pupils placed in lower streams suffer a loss of self esteem
they search for alternate ways of gaining status like avoiding the schools values