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Lesson Objectives
Understand the process through which teachers labels students
Examine some of the implications for a student of being labelled
Watch this clip....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_MyAs4t5Z8
How does this link to
education??
What makes the
ideal student?
How might a teacher label a student, e.g. What facts and acts
and influences?
Labelling of a “Geek”
Labelling theory
Interactionalist sociology
To attach a meaning or definition to a student, e.g. They’re thick, smart, hardworking
Some pupils are labelled positively, others negatively
I’m working
class and
clever
I’m middle class but
struggle in class
I’m working class and am not that bright
I’m middle class and clever
I’m middle class and struggling
Which pupil would be most positively labelled?
Rank in order, 1 being most positive, 5 being least positive.
Why do you
think this?
Key sociologists in labelling ...
Becker (1971)
Hargreaves, Hester and Mellor (1975)
Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968)
Cicourel and Kitsuse (1963)
Inconsistencies in how teachers assessed students suitability for courses
Judged on social class and race
Students with similar grades- more likely to label M/C students as having college potential and to place them on higher level courses
Labelling starts from the outset of a child’s educational career....
Rist (1970)- American kindergarten Used info about children’s home
background and appearance to place them into diff groups
Tigers- fast learners, M/C and neat/clean in appearance, placed nearest to her and showed them greatest encouragement
Clown and Cardinals- W/C, lower level books to read, fewer opportunities to demonstrate their abilities
A class divided
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BrFHq-t2VY
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Prediction that comes true simply by virtue of it having been made
If a teacher believes a child to be a failure, they can actually make him a failure
“ what people believe to be true will have real effects- even if the original belief was not true originally!”
But...
Self refuting prophecy= some pupils try to detach themselves from the label and prove the teacher wrong!
What would the key
theorists think of labelling?