Interactionalism

• Educational Achievement


  -Sociologists look to explain why some pupils have more success achieving in education than others

  -Other sociologists and perspectives such as Interactionism, disagree with the Functionalist perspective on Education

  -They do not agree with the role of education
• Interactionism and Underachievement

  -Interactionists focus on the individual

  -This is because Interactionists view society from a micro approach

  -By viewing society in such a way, Interactionists believe they are able to focus on underachievement more efficiently

  -For Interactionists, Functionalists ignore underachievement
• School ethos

  -For interactionists, most school ethos' are based on the hidden curriculum

  -Whatever a school decides to emphasise on, reflects what aspect of the hidden curriculum they would like to implement

  -Elements of hidden curriculum lead to the school structures
• The structure of achievement

  Stereotypes-->Teacher expectations-->Labelling-->Self fulfilling prophecy-->Setting and Streaming