Pupil subcultures
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Categorizing, negative, subcultures, influence, polarization, Labelled, middle-class,
A pupil subculture is a group of pupils who share similar values and behavior patterns. Pupil subcultures often emerge from as a response to the way pupils have been ……1……. and in particular as a reaction to streaming. Research shows that pupils respond to ……2……..labelling and racism in different ways. For example they may respond by becoming disruptive or withdrawn. Alternatively, pupils may refuse to accept label and even decide to work harder, to prove it wrong.
Differentiation is the process of teachers ...………3…… pupils according to how pupils according to how they perceive their ability, attitude and/or behavior. Streaming is a form of differentiation, since it categorizes pupils into separate classes…………4………., on the other hand, is the process in which pupils respond to streaming by moving towards one of the two opposite poles or extremes. It can cause different subcultures. One contributing reason for the existence of different subcultures in schools today is that, streaming still exists. Streaming, many comprehensives were streamed into ability groups, with ……………5…………pupils placed in higher streams and working-class pupils in lower streams. Streaming and creating bands, makes it easier for pupils to form ………6……..from those above/ below them, the above making the below feel inferior, developing a stronger below subculture group.
Such pupil forms an anti-school subculture as a means of gaining status among peers. So, pupil anti-school subcultures exist still as a result of streaming, dividing pupils out may …………7……them more to spread out and form subcultures. Pro- and anti-school subcultures are two possible responses to labelling and streaming.