Interactionalism + education

• Hargreaves

  • studied how teachers classify students based on personality
  • how likeable they are
  • enthusiasim for work
  • relationships with other students
• self fulfilling prophecy- if students are labelled negatively they will fulfill those labels
• Becker ( ideal pupil)

  • argued that middle class teachers have a ideal pupil
  • positive labels were given not based on Intelligence
  • gave lower class pupils low self esteem