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Criticisms of these explanations?
These explantation are useful when looking at day-to-day experiences in schools. The problem is that they don't explain how factors outside of school can influence achievement. (reduced validity) don't look at external factors.
Labelling theory is also too deterministic - it says that once you're negatively labelled that's it, you're more likely to fail. This isn't always the case.
Labelling theory is also too deterministic - it says that once you're negatively labelled that's it, you're more likely to fail. This isn't always the case.
