TOPIC 2 - CLASS DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT - INTERNAL

• Labelling - Becker - 'ideal pupil', those from middle class backgrounds were the closest match
• Dunne and Gazeley argue schools produce working class underachievement - interviews in 9 state schools, found teachers normalised underachievement in working class pupils. due to home backgrounds
• Rists - labelling in primary schools: most middle class students were given the name 'tigers' and working class the 'clowns' due to info from home backgrounds
• Self fullfilling prophecy: Rosenthal and Jacobson - Fake IQ test, selected a random 20% that would 'spurt ahead' a year later these students labelled made significant progress.
• Streaming and A-C economy: Gillborn and Youdell - found teachers are more likely to put working class and black pupils in lower streams and entered for lower tier GCSEs - they link streaming to the policy of publish of league tables
• Educational Triage means sorting. The A-C economy produces an educational triage