Across
- 2. Sociologist who suggests the ‘feminisation of education’ leads to a lack of positive male role models for boys, leading some boys to perceive ‘school is for girls’. (Clue: Starts with S) [6]
- 4. Becker’s concept that describes how one teacher label, e.g. ‘poorly behaved’ can lead to another label, e.g. ‘low achiever’ [4,6]
- 5. Sociologist who claims teachers label students as either ‘normal’ or ‘deviant’, which acts as a ‘pivotal identity’ for the student (Clue: Starts with W) [10]
- 12. Policy acronym that aimed to encourage girls into science and engineering subjects [4]
- 13. A concept describing how school subjects are viewed as masculine or feminine, due to different views about ‘gender domains’ – what is considered acceptable for men or women [8,8]
- 15. How people act in response to labels given to them, e.g. behaving in a way that matches the label given to you [4.10,8]
- 18. ‘Educational...’ – Gillborn & Youdell’s concept to describe how teachers group students into A-B students, C-D borderline and ‘hopeless cases’. Happens because of the A-C economy [6]
Down
- 1. ‘… of education’ – Mitsos & Browne’s claim that schools are places that are predominantly occupied by women. E.g. 2/3s of teachers being female [12]
- 3. The dominant version / idea of what it means to be a man in a particular society [9,11]
- 4. Bourdieu’s term describing the ways of thinking and acting of a particular social class. Archer also used this concept in her research [7]
- 6. Sociologist who uses the concept of ‘Nike Identities’ to describe how working class students use sportswear try to combat the symbolic violence they experience in the middle-class habitus of schools [6]
- 7. Your sense of self. How you see yourself and others see you. Influenced by your class, gender, ethnicity and sexuality [8]
- 8. A generalised and over simplified view of the features of a social group, allowing for few individual differences between members of a group. [10]
- 9. Sociologist whose research found that boys are more likely to attract negative labelling from teachers, leading to self-fulfilling prophecies and underachievement. (Clue: starts with J) [7]
- 10. Sociologist who suggests teachers label pupils according to how closely they fit the image of the ‘ideal pupil’. Students who are middle-class, female and who are well-presented are closest to the ideal (Clue: Starts with B) [6]
- 11. Grouping pupils by ability levels, but only in certain subjects, e.g. maths [7]
- 14. Feminist sociologist we associate with the idea of the ‘male gaze’ (Clue: Starts with M) [6]
- 16. The character, atmosphere or climate of a school. Includes things like the emphasis a school places on achievement, behaviour or success in particular subjects/areas [5]
- 17. Sociologist who argues teachers go through a three stage process of labelling pupils – speculation, elaboration, stabilisation (Clue: Starts with H) [10]