pupil subcultures

• Subculture is defined as a group who share the same ideas and behavior which may be different to mainstream culture.
• Anti-school subculture consists of students who rebel against the schools values, norms and ethos
• Pro-school subculture is students who conform to academic values.
• Things anti-school subculture may do is:

  • Delinquent values
  • Truancy and breaking rules
  • Attempt to get back at the school system
  • Often labelled as failures with lower stream questions
• Things pro-school subculture students may do is:

  • Follow the rules of school
  • Good behavior and academic success
  • Peer success
• Evidence for anti-school subculture is: Paul Willis

  • Looked at working class boys and their attitudes towards school
  • Understand their counter school subculture which they formed
  • They only wanted to do manual jobs and didn't need qualifications
  • Confronted school authority by having a laff and achieving no qualifications