subcultures and pupil responses

Question 1

WOODS - more than two responses to labelling

Answer 1

• argues there are more than two responses to labelling, subcultures are exaggerated

INGRATION: ‘teachers pet’

RITUALISM: going through the motions and staying out of trouble

RETREATISM: daydreaming/mucking about

REBELLION: rejection of school (values)

Question 2

LACY - behaviour patterns

Answer 2

“the boy who takes refuge in such a group because his work is poor, finds that the group comitts him to a behaviour pattern which means his work will stay poor”

in other words, joining an anti-school subculture is likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy of educational failure

Question 3

BALL - abolishing sets

Answer 3

• argues we should abolish streaming/setting for mixed ability teaching

FOR:
- help each other
- confidence
- teachers can focus on particular students

AGAINST:
- cant focus on particular subject areas
- disruptions