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Relationships and processes within schools

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  • Teacher–pupil relationships:
    • 👤 Becker (1963), 👤 Rist (1970): labels shape expectations and opportunities.
    • 👥 Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968): expectations can be selffulfilling.
  • Pupil identities:
    • 👥 Archer et al. (2007): working-class pupils adopt styles for symbolic capital.
    • 👤 Bourdieu (1977): habitus (i.e. societal position) mismatch creates symbolic violence.
    • 👤 Evans: (2006) working-class girls avoid elite universities due to habitus.
  • Sexual and gender identities:
    • 👤 Connell (1995): verbal abuse polices gender norms.
    • 👤 Mac an Ghaill: male gaze reinforces masculinity.
    • 👤 Epstein: boys fear being labelled ‘gay’ for academic effort.
  • Organisation of teaching:
    • 👤 Lacey, 👤 Ball: Streaming increases polarisation.
    • 👥 Gillborn and Youdell (1994): ‘A to C’ economy and triage channel resources to borderline pupils (e.g. concentrating on pupils they believe capable of achieving 5s in GCSEs).
  • Ethnocentric curriculum:
    • 👤 Coard (1971), 👤 Ball (1981), 👤 Gillborn and Youdell (2000): curriculum centres white culture and history, disadvantaging minorities.
  • Hidden curriculum:
    • 👥 Bowles and Gintis (1976): mirrors workplace norms, teaching obedience.
    • 👤 Giroux (1983): not all pupils accept hidden curriculum values.

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