(marxist) w/c ‘lads’ reject education because they see through the system and realise they can’t be socially mobile, leading to anti school subcultures

 teachers make immediate, speculative judgements of pupils and their abilities. After a while these judgements become more firm. 

1- did a study of Beachside comprehensive school where students were placed in different sets, those in high sets behaved, well, worked hard, and made progress, whereas lower sets, behaved poorly, and fell behind (self fulfilling prophecy) 2- there is far more parental choice of schools if you have money (selection by mortgage)

(marxist) upper and middle class students fit into school better because they have more cultural capital. The education system is rigged to reflect upper and middle class culture

 much of the curriculum is not relevant to the working-class children and makes them lose interest in school. This leads to them dropping out/forming anti-school subcultures. 

(functionalist) believes the role of education is to produce good members of society and to pass on norms and values 

(functionalist) Believes schools are meritocratic

 appearing ‘cool’ is necessary for boys. Due to the feminisation of schools, working in lessons is seen as feminine, so boys disrupt to be seen as masculine.

 working-class girls in the 1970s valued marriage and children but their priorities had changed by the 90s to equality, education, and having a job 

 working-class black girls in a secondary school found that they were able to reject negative labels and achieve educational success in spite of the labels (self negating prophecy)

 parents from Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian backgrounds are more likely to have high aspirations for their children 

 found that over half of Pakistani and black African children in britain were growing up in poverty 

 (marxist) schools are organised to achieve what the ruling class want, and produces complacent workers necessary for capitalism

1- working class parents have high aspirations for their children, but do not have the social capital/insider knowledge regarding the school system. 2- (feminist) Boys attract more positive and negative attention in classrooms, meaning that they interact with teachers more than girls

 students in lower streams are allowed to talk more, given simpler knowledge, less homework and are not challenge.
This leads to them doing worse than those in higher streams. 

 teachers build up an image of the students in a very short time and have an idea in their head of what an ‘ideal’ pupil is

 material factors are more important than cultural factors in a child’s decision of whether or not to stay at school 

1988 means the same compulsory subjects are taught to all students

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