Big Education Quiz

there were no catchment areas under the comprehensive system of education.

Habitus means where you come from according to your social class.

the superstructure is everything else besides the economic base e.g. religion, media and education.

True or False: Females perform more highly in education at all levels

Education in the UK is disproportionately focused on Christian faith schools.

Education is a form of social control that uses force?

Conservative education policy is based on Neo Liberalism

Conservative education policy is focused on the economy and skills based learning.

Educational Triage means students are sorted into who ‘will pass any way’, ‘those with potential’ and ‘the hopeless.’

Conservative education policy has made maths and science subjects in the UK the best in the world.

One of the arguments for private fee paying education is pupils can learn better in smaller classes.

True or False: Chinese & Indian ethnic groups can intend to perform more highly in education

Recently the Coalition government introduced curfews as a new policy to deal with delinquents.

By the 1970s the education system was meritocratic.

New Labour carried through the education policy of marketisation.

Education is an example of an ideological state apparatus?

Douglas says w/c parents aren't interested in their child education because they don't go to parents evenings.

The existence of private schools prevents a meritocratic education system existing in the UK.

one reason the birth rate is declining is a change in women's priorities e.g. education/jobs not babies.

Ethnocentric Curriculum means that education in schools is not biased and represents all ethnicities equally.

Educational triage is a way of helping low income pupils who are failing at school.

True or False: 'Social Class' refers to a system whereby people are grouped into levels based on income and power

EAZ stands for Educational Action Zone.

compensatory education means giving out free school meals.

Education replaced religion as the key way to socialise the next generation after the industrial revolution?

True or False: Social Class 4 can expect to perform more highly in education

the superstructure is everything else besides the economic base e.g. religion, media and education.

Privatisation involves the transfer of public assets such as utilities, healthcare or education to private companies.

EMA was a social policy linked to crime and deviance.