by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Class and Education 2
Read the account of Rosenthal and Jacobson’s study on pages 104 and 105 of the book and discuss the following questions: In what ways might the teachers have treated the ‘spurters’ differently from the other children? What effect might this have had on the other...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Class and Education 2
Keddie’s research on the school curriculum shows how dominant groups have the power to define what counts as high status knowledge. She calls this the ‘stratification of knowledge’. High status knowledge tends to be theoretical rather than practical knowledge and...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Class and Education 2
Labelling involves attaching a meaning or definition to someone e.g. ‘thick’. The self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that comes true simply by virtue of it having been made e.g. the pupil labeled ‘thick’ internalizes the label and underachieves. Labelling theory...
