13) State two criticisms of Bernstein’s work on speech patterns. (2) 1. 2. 14) What is cultural capital? (4) 15) How did Ball et al expand upon Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital? (2) 16) Should the work of Rosenthal and Jacobson be located within the interactionist tradition or is it a subcultural theory? (1) 17) Whose study of Beachside Comprehensive found that students were placed in streams according to their class background? (1) 18) State two criticisms
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1. Social perception has many psychological concepts‚ which include The Primacy and Recency Effect and The Halo Effect. Firstly‚ the Primacy Effect is the theory that a person’s initial impression of a subject based on information given‚ is one in which they are most likely to remember; whereas the Recency Effect focuses on the impact of further information given about a subject later on. A very striking study was conducted by the psychologist Luchins. In 1957‚ Luchins produced two description of
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Context and concepts Paul Willis conducted a study called “Learning to labour” in 1977 in which he studied 12 working class students in their last 18 months at a school in the West-Midlands‚ the methods he used were observation and participant observation. The boys he studied were known as the “lads”. These boys knew what they needed to do in order to achieve and get qualifications but instead they chose to reject school and developed laddish behaviour‚ because they believed that education was
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Unit 4 Theories and principles for planning and enabling learning Introduction There are four main schools of thought around the concept of teaching and learning. This assignment aims to discuss what those schools are‚ how each of them are relevant to a teaching approach and how some of those theories relate to my own working practice. Identify and discuss the significance of relevant theories and principles of learning and communication The four schools which impact on learning are Behaviourist
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Asses the view that working class students under achieve because they are culturally deprived. There are a large range of perspectives to the role of what causes the under achievement of the working class within education. Sociologists argue whether it is as a result of internal or external factors. This essay will focus largely on the external factors and the view that working class students under achieve because they are culturally deprived. Cultural deprivation theorists argue that a child’s
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Setting The Bar High: Never Settle For Less Babe Ruth said it best when he said “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” Guess what? He’s right – those people who never give up? They set the bar extremely high‚ they stretch their targets and they don’t settle when an obstacle is standing between them and what they really want. An obstacle is just another challenge that they can overcome to taste success. Success always tastes better when you’ve had to shed some blood‚ sweat‚ and tears to
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The Pygmalion Effect Interestingly enough‚ ancient Greek mythology creates an archetype for a present day social phenomenon with an artist named Pygmalion. He carved a perfect woman from Ivory and fell in love with his own creation‚ naming it Galatea. Pygmalion desperately wished she was alive. With goddess Venus’s blessings and his true belief in his creation‚ Galatea was brought to life. Though the name originates from this allegory‚ the more precise nature of the Pygmalion effect is demonstrated
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causes social class differences in education” Labelling was a concept originally developed by Becker. He believed that if someone is constantly labelled as a ‘thief’ or ‘smarty pants’‚ then this will lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Rosenthal and Jacobsen (1968) carried out an experiment to test the idea of labelling and self-fulfilling prophecies. They administered a test to a class of pupils and split it equally in two groups based on ability. They then told the teachers that one group was of
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Woodcock and John Robertson. The Mets? “Outside of their catcher‚ Jerry Grote‚ they didn’t have one position player who would start for our team”‚ (Rosenthal) recalled Merv Rettenmund. Rettenmund (1969 Baltimore Orioles) recalled the Mets’ players‚ and that the Orioles players were bigger and better than the nobodies that the Mets had on the field (Rosenthal). “To New Yorkers‚ especially‚ Buddy Harrelson‚ and Ed Kranepool are the ’69 Mets. Kranepool played his entire career‚ from 1962 through 1979 with
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References: 1. The Rosenthal and Headstart studies are cited in Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson‚ Pygmalion in the Classroom (New York: Holt‚ Rinehart‚ and Winston‚ Inc.‚ 1968)‚ p. 11. 2. See John W. Atkinson‚ "Motivational Determinants of Risk-Taking Behavior/ ’ Psychological Review‚ vol. 64‚ no. 6‚ 1957‚ p. 365. 6. David E. Berlew and Douglas
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