The Organisation Teaching And Learning

Question 1

Gillbourne and Youdell (2001)

Answer 1

Showed how teachers use stereotypical notions of ‘ability’ to stream pupils

Question 2

What did Gillbourne and Youdell find?

Answer 2

They found that teachers are less likely to see WC(and black) pupils as having ability therefore they are placed in lower streams.

Question 3

Educational triage

Answer 3

Teacher efforts in relationship to groups may be affected by “educational triage” which is driven by the students likelihood of contributing to the school’s position in the league table

Question 4

Consequences of streaming and setting:

Answer 4

Is that not all children and access to the same knowledge

Question 5

Nell Keddie (1973) found that

Answer 5

Teachers taught those in higher stream classes differently from those in lower streams.