Education - internal factors

In Rist's study of class and labelling, which group was labelled The Tigers?

• Working class

• Middle class

• Lower class

• Those with special educational needs

What is 'the self-fulfilling prophecy in education?

• When students conform to the expectations placed on them, reinforcing the original label

• When students deliberately rebel against teacher expectations

• When schools create policies to prevent stereotyping

• When students fail due to external societal factors

Who conducted the study Learning to Labour where they studied 'The Lads"?

• Talcott Parsons

• Paul Willis

• Emile Durkheim

• Anne Oakley

Who are more likely to be labelled "less able" / "C stream" students

• White & upper class pupils

• While pupils and working class

• Black pupils and working class

• Middle class and female pupils

Did the students with an anti-school subculture.....

• Achieve high grades

• Go to all their lessons

• Not value education

• Receive home-schooling

Which study is most associated with the self-fulfilling prophecy in education?

• Paul Willis - Learning to Labour

• Rosenthal & Jacobson "Pygmalion in the classroom"

• Emile Durkheim "Moral Education"

• Bowles and Gintis "Schooling in capitalist America"

Which of these are NOT an impact of how teachers subconsciously treat students

• More praise and encouragement for ideal students

• Less resources and knowledge given to lower ability students

• More discipline and lower expectations for working class students

• Favouring lower ability students and rewarding them

What are students with a pro-school subculture like?

• Hardworking and conform to school values

• Rebellious and aggressive

• Shy and don't participate

• Talkative and gossip a lot

Which of the following is the first stage of a self fulfilling prophecy?

• The student internalises the label

• The student behaves as per the label

• The teacher labels a student

• The teacher treats the learner as per the label

Which pupils are more likely to be labelled negatively

• Working class students

• Middle class students

• Students with special educational needs

• Less academic students