 Ability GroupingChapter Chapter 6 in Students' Experiences and Perspectives on Secondary Education, 2016, pp 145-166 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Unlike in countries such as Germany, there is no distinct tracking between academic and vocational programmes in Irish secondary schools. However, some schools, especially those serving more disadvantaged populations, use streaming, allocating students to their base classes according to prior ability. Smyth shows that the labelling of the class groups, the allocation to ordinary or foundation subject levels and the expectations of teachers and students combine to provide very different learning experiences for lower stream groups. Lower stream classes are characterised by a slow pace of instruction, with students drifting or even disengaging as they move through lower secondary education. Within these groups, a negative dynamic of teacher reprimand and student misbehaviour emerges, culminating in early school leaving and academic underperformance for many students. Given the socio-economic profile of schools using streaming, ability grouping is found to play a key role in the reproduction of socio-economic inequality within Irish schools. Keywords: Ability Grouping; Park Street; Lower Stream; Teacher Expectation; Lower Secondary Education (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-49385-9_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-49385-9_6 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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