Edexcel A Level Sociology - Education
(Ethnic differences in achievement):
Streaming May 2024 Exam Review
What does streaming involve? - Answer>> separating children
into different ability groups or classes called 'streams'.
How is each ability group then taught? - Answer>> separately
from the others for all subjects.
What do studies show about when the self-fulfilling prophecy is
particularly likely to occur? - Answer>> when children are
streamed.
Becker shows that teachers see working-class children as what? -
Answer>> non-ideal pupils who lack ability and they have low
expectations of them.
What is the impact on working-class children as a result of
teachers' perceptions of them? - Answer>> they are more likely
to find themselves put in a lower stream.
What happens once you are streamed? - Answer>> it is usually
difficult to move up to a higher stream
What do Children in the lower streams 'get the message' that? -
Answer>> Their teachers have written them off as no-hopers.
What do children being placed in the lower streams create? -
Answer>> a self-fulfilling prophecy in which the pupils live up to
their teachers' low expectations by underachieving.
What did Douglas find about the correlation between low
streaming and attainment? - Answer>> children placed in a
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