PRS Sociology G673 Education Revision Quiz

Question 1

What word/phrase refers to parents "shopping around" for the best education for their child?

Accepted Answer

marketisation/parentocracy

Question 2

Becker study: characteristics of an "ideal type" that teachers compare pupils to:

Accepted Answer

Smart uniform, Conforms to rules, Middle class background, Elaborated language code

Question 3

Policy name for more money to schools in low income postcodes?

Accepted Answer

Pupil Premium

Question 4

How many times higher is the exclusion rate for boys compared to girls?

Accepted Answer

4 times higher

Question 5

Mac and Ghaill , "Making on Men" study: names of subculture of different groups of boys.....

Accepted Answer

Academic Achievers, Real Englishmen, Macho Lads

Question 6

Weiner et al describe the focus on "boys underachievement" as:

Accepted Answer

Male backlash, Moral panic: exaggerated response

Question 7

Who found evidence of teachers having lower expectations of boys?

Accepted Answer

Mitsos and Brown

Question 8

Which group/theory is the MOST LIKELY to want to abolish private schools?

Accepted Answer

Marxists

Question 9

Who argued, in 1971, the education system makes ethnic minority pupils feel "subnormal"?

Accepted Answer

Coard

Question 10

What do Functionalists call the process of identifying what careers pupils should aim for?

Accepted Answer

Role allocation

Question 11

Who would argue that the lower classes do less well in school due to HOME factors?

Accepted Answer

Murray, Phillips, Hyman and Sugarman

Question 12

Marxist view on vocational courses.

Accepted Answer

Exploits people: cheap labour, low quality placement

Question 13

Who said that the education system treats women as "invisible" in the syllabus?

Accepted Answer

Spender

Question 14

In what year was Education changed by the Education Reform Act?

Accepted Answer

1988

Question 15

Who found that the lower social classes are put off University due to financial debt issue?

Accepted Answer

Hutchings

Question 16

Who runs "Generating Genius" charity, (raising career aspirations of pupils from urban areas)

Accepted Answer

Sewell

Question 17

Policy aimed at challenging traditional subject choices made by girls.

Accepted Answer

National Curriculum 1988, Women Into Science and Engineering (W.I.S.E)

Question 18

Correct criticism of labelling theory evidence................

Accepted Answer

Tend to use unrepresentative samples:case study 1 school

Question 19

A strength of the Marxist theory of education..............

Accepted Answer

Significant class gap in GCSE achievement

Question 20

Some see Black History Month as an attempt to improve........what?

Accepted Answer

Student engagement, An ethnocentric curriculum

Question 21

An example of cultural capital bias in the formal curriculum (Bourdieu).

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare as compulsory in English GCSE, Elaborated code used in 11 plus test

Question 22

Who found evidence of a pro-education culture in British Chinese families?

Accepted Answer

Francis and Archer

Question 23

Who argues that parents can "steer" the subject choices of their children along gender lines?

Accepted Answer

Oakley and Norman

Question 24

Who found evidence that boys are more unwilling to re-draft, re-submit coursework?

Accepted Answer

Burns and Bracey

Question 25

Which theory argues that education should create a value consensus in society?

Accepted Answer

Functionalism

Question 26

Name the studies/sources that are focused on advantages of private school.....

Accepted Answer

Harrow school website, 7UP, Roker, Humphreys' documentary: "Unequal opportunities"

Question 27

NOT part of the 1988 Education Reform Act......

Accepted Answer

Increase in tuition fees

Question 28

BBC 3 programme, "Tough Young Teachers" was about what policy?

Accepted Answer

Teach First

Question 29

Who argues single parent families explain underachieving British Afro-Caribbean boys?

Accepted Answer

Murray and Sewell

Question 30

Who found evidence in 2001 that teachers placed lower class pupils into lower ability sets?

Accepted Answer

Gilbourn and Youdell

Question 31

Which neo-Marxists argue that education helps maintain class inequality in society?

Accepted Answer

Althusser, Bowles and Gintis

Question 32

Word to refer to workplace learning, learning how to do a job/career....

Accepted Answer

Vocational

Question 33

Not a Functionalist idea:

Accepted Answer

Cultural Capital Bias

Question 34

Labelling theory: idea of living up to a label the teacher has placed on a student.......

Accepted Answer

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 35

Which inequality has the smallest gap in achievement at GCSE?

Accepted Answer

Gender

Question 36

Which ethnic groups are the highest achieving at GCSE?

Accepted Answer

British Chinese and British Indian

Question 37

Who said: "What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it.".

Accepted Answer

.Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Question 38

How Bowles and Gintis argue that school prepares the lower classes for workplace exploitation

Accepted Answer

Punishment of disobedience to the rules, Teaches the value of deferred gratification, Fragmentation of knowledge, Teaches pupils to get used to boring tasks

Question 39

A criticism of/example to oppose Functionalist theory is..................

Accepted Answer

Ofsted criticising quality of Citizenship at school

Question 40

5 A*-C grades: Size of the achievement gap between high class and lower class pupils at GCSE?

Accepted Answer

40%

PRS Sociology G673 Education Revision Quiz

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PRS Sociology G673 Education Revision Quiz

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