Labelling and anti-school subculturesLOs:I can describe what labelling is.

I can explain how labelling can affect a student’s educational achievement.

I can explain how labelling can create anti-school subcultures.

I can identify the groups that may be at risk of being negatively labelled.

Starter:

Complete worksheet from last lesson

(10 Mins)

Order the student’s faces from most likely to achieve highly to least likely to achieve.

How did you do it?

Challenge: When might teachers do this?

What is labelling?

JudgementsAbility

10 Mins

• A study found that teachers label students within the first 5 minutes of meeting them.

• Teachers often assume that well-behaved students are bright – this is called the ‘halo effect’.

• A study found that many teachers have an image of an ‘ideal student’ – this student is middle-class.

Labelling: who does it affect?

• Which social groups are more likely to be affected by negative labelling and why?

Which social groups might this student belong to?

The working-

class students

don’t achieve.

A teacher is prejudiced

towards working-class

students, and labels

them as not very clever.

Is this because

they aren’t very

clever, or are

there other

reasons?

?

The self-fulfilling prophecy happens when students

internalise the label that is given to them so the label

becomes a reality.

You can’t be entered into

the higher tier exam.

I am not good at his subject. What’s the

point in trying?

Labelling can also lead to anti–school subcultures

What name would you give to each group of students?

Pupil Subculture

• A group of pupils who share similar values and behaviour patterns

• Can emerge as a response to labelling and streaming

Anti-social subculture

• Low streams (in lower sets)

• Working class

• Low self esteem- school has undermined them.

Key words to use

labelling assumptions judgements ability internaliseself-fulfilling prophecy halo effect

setting and streaming expectations rebellious

anti-school subcultures names mannersappearance speech

Answer the below questions independently

1.What is labelling?

2.How can labelling affect a student’s educational achievement?

3.How can labelling create anti-school subcultures?

4.How can labelling explain the differences in achievement between different social groups?

15 Mins

Differential educational

achievement quiz

Who does better in school?

Boys or girls?

Girls

Girls do better than boys at every level of school including SATS, GCSEs and

A-levels

By the end of secondary school girls are on average 7 years ahead of boys in their

educational attainment

Which social class achieves more highly in education?

Upper class

Middle class

Working class

Upper and middle class children generally do much better in school than working class

children.

94% of 15 yr olds= 5+ GCSE C+ (affluent areas)

24% of 15 yr olds= 5+ GCSE C+ (deprived areas)

Challenge- Do you think this always has to be the case? How could this pattern be stopped?

Ethnicity can greatly influence your achievement in

education-

TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

Different ethnic groups achieve very differently throughout their education- some achieve highly

and other groups struggle.

Challenge- Can you come up with an explanation for why this could be?

Which ethnic group achieves most in

education?

Chinese and Indian

Chinese students achieve the best in education - particularly

girls who get 79% A*-C at GCSE

Indian students are next best with 72% A*-C at GCSE for girls

Challenge- What would make these students do well in their education?

Which ethnic group generally does worst in

their education?

Black Caribbean (boys) and Black African

These ethnic groups achieve amongst the lowest % GCSE

grades of all groups and along with Pakistani and Bangladeshi students are under-represented in university

Challenge: What could we do to stop these groups underachieving?