... that teacher's labelled pupil's into stereotypical groups. He found they followed criteria of labelling that covered seven areas: appearance, conform to discipline, ability and enthusiasm for work, how likeable they are the relationships with other children, their personality and how deviant they are. The teacher's then put the pupil's through three stages of typing: hypothesis, elaboration and stabilisation. These views affect the way which the pupil's were treated by the teacher for example they are streamed according to the teacher's views of them, this may lead to the pupils underachieving or even doing extremely well at school, depending on the pupil's attitude towards education. Becker says that teachers have the view of an 'ideal pupil' and classify pupils accordingly. He found this related particularly with social class and working-class children were far away from the ideal. This labelling affects the pupil's self-concept, which therefore, affects their attitudes and can lead ...

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