Labelling

• What does Becker suggest?

  That teachers judge and label pupils according to how closely they fit the ‘ideal pupil’. This would therefore dampen the motivation of students who did not suit the ideal pupil, due to how teachers deferred their time away from them and were unwilling to help
• What is meant by self fufilling prophecy?

  When students are given a positive label they react to it by creating positive self concept, meaning they are motivated to work hard and improve their grade however with negative labels it leads to a negative self-concept and less motivation
• What did Rosenthal and Jacobsons suggest?

  That by informing teachers of students who scored highly on an IQ test and would be a quick learner, the catch was that these test results were fabricated. Teachers treated those who were falsely identified as ‘spurts’ differently. 47% of those who were identified to ‘spurt’ has made significant improvement due to how teachers paid more attention to them by giving them more feedback
• What did Gilborn and young suggest about streaming?

  They found that teachers labelled WC pupils as unintelligent resulting in low streams and sets