Education ~ Sociology GCSE

Question 1

Some External factors are...

Accepted Answer

Parent attitudes, Socialisation, Material deprivation

Question 2

How can sets and streams affect students achievement?

Accepted Answer

Lower sets may receive less attention and resources., More able students in lower sets, therefore may lose motivation, Streaming can reinforce class and ethnic inequalities.

Question 3

Which Functionalist believes that?...

Accepted Answer

Parsons

Question 4

What case study did Paul Willis carry out?

Accepted Answer

Ethnographic case

Question 5

Working-class boys were named 'Ear-Oles' due to their positive attitudes towards education. True or False?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

The advantages of specialist schools are?

Accepted Answer

Good for students with talents in certain subjects., More funding and resources in that subject area.

Question 7

What are the 3 social classes Halsey, Heath & Ridge cover? Pick 3

Accepted Answer

Working, Immediate, Service

Question 8

What is the philosophy of de-schooling?

Accepted Answer

Promotes the freedom of children with what they want to learn.

Question 9

True or False? A disadvantage of de-schooling is having freedom.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What do Functionalists believe about education?

Accepted Answer

Education helps society to be meritocratic., Education creates social cohesion and social mobility

Question 11

An evaluation of Willis is that he ignored working-class female experiences in school. True or False?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Halsey, Heath & Ridge found that middle-class students were more likely to stay in education than working-class students

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Who said education is a “bridge” between the family and wider society?

Accepted Answer

Parsons

Question 14

What is the myth of meritocracy?

Accepted Answer

The same chance of success is an illusion. Others are more privileged.

Question 15

True or False? Pupil premium is available to schools for each child registed as eligible for free school meals?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

How does education breed competition?

Accepted Answer

Through exams & sport at school which helps maintain capitalism.

Question 17

Compared from working-class, someone from the service class had:

Accepted Answer

11x chance of going to university.

Question 18

What type of research method did Ball use in his study?

Accepted Answer

Participant observation

Question 19

Home schooling is...

Accepted Answer

When a child is educated at home by parents/tutors instead of school.

Question 20

Did B&G argue that the correspondence theory prepared pupils for life in a capitalist system & prevent rebellion?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What is the different between internal and external factors?

Accepted Answer

Internal = school, External = outside school

Question 22

The effects of sets & streaming are...

Accepted Answer

Allocated to a class based on general ability for most subjects., Unintended effects, eg, confidence can be damaged = won't try to improve., Streaming is often linked to social class. (working-class in lower sets).

Question 23

Do Bowles & Gintis believe that education rewards pupils NOT for good work, but for most effort instead.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Parsons says that education acts as a what between family and society?

Accepted Answer

Bridge

Question 25

True or False? Do students take their own responsibility for their lives/learning in a Democratic school?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What two key functions does Parsons believe education performs?

Accepted Answer

Helps with role allocation., Helps society become meritocratic (everyone has the same chance of success)

Question 27

Some internal factors are...

Accepted Answer

Hidden curriculum, Labelling, Setting & streaming

Question 28

What does Parsons mean by “universalistic values” in education?

Accepted Answer

Values/Rules that apply to everyone (universal).

Question 29

'The lads' formed an anti-school subculture because they rejected schools values & saw it as pointless. True or False

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Bowles and Gintis talk about the Correspondence principle

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Pick the advantages/disadvantages of free schools. (Select 2)

Accepted Answer

Don't employ staff with qualifications., Have more control over curriculum and teacher pay.

Question 32

What did Durkheim believe was a key function of education?

Accepted Answer

To pass on shared norms and values

Question 33

A disadvantage of a specialist school is it widens the gap of the rich & poor because some schools get more resources.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Why did Willis argue working-class boys failed school “on purpose”?

Accepted Answer

They knew the system was unfair and rejected it.

Question 35

True or False? Can streaming lead to the development of anti-school subcultures?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

True or False? A free school is funded by the local council but not run by the government.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

What is the correspondence principle?

Accepted Answer

The hidden curriculum that teaches values required in a capitalist society.

Question 38

True or False? A criticism of Ball is that mixed ability classes can hold back higher students.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Why do some teachers label students?

Accepted Answer

Based on a student’s social class, gender & ethnicity, Based on a student’s appearance or behaviour

Question 40

Is the 2 types of code Elaborated and Restricted?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

What did Ball discover about teacher expectations?

Accepted Answer

Teachers expected top bands to behave better

Question 42

What is the correspondence principle and who created it?

Accepted Answer

School mirrors work (hierarchy, obedience) – Bowles & Gintis

Question 43

True or False? The self fulfilling prophecy is when a student internalises a label & starts to act like the label.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

An evaluation of Bowles & Gintis is Marxists believe meritocracy is a myth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

Why does Capitalism alienate people from doing fulfilling work?

Accepted Answer

Due to the Division of Labor in society, Workers lack control towards what they produce.

Question 46

Paul willis used observations & interviews to try and see education from a child's pov? True or False

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

Disadvantages of a State-Funded / Comprehensive School is?

Accepted Answer

Less tailored support for high-ability or low-ability students., Standards vary depending on funding & location.

Question 48

What did Willis study?

Accepted Answer

How working-class boys formed an anti-school subculture.

Question 49

How can parents attitudes impact students achievement?

Accepted Answer

Parents’ support = high motivation = better results, Parents’ low interest = low motivation = low achievement

Question 50

An evaluation of Halsey, Heath & Ridge is that the study was gender bias.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

How does an academy help with improve educational performance in it's students?

Accepted Answer

By having more freedom over the curriculum & how it’s delivered

Question 52

Willis believed that there would be no proletariat revolution because..

Accepted Answer

Workers found copying strategies for unfulfilling work else where.

Question 53

Does Bowels and Gintis believe in the myth of meritocracy?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 54

'Describe one feature of a meritocratic society' [3 marks]

Accepted Answer

You will be rewarded in society. For example, hard-work = better job., Society is based on talents & achievements to allocate jobs/roles.

Question 55

Discuss how far sociologists agree that 'Meritocracy is a myth'. (Pick agree points)

Accepted Answer

Marxists – Class inequality remains, Labelling & Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Becker), Correspondence Principle (Bowles & Gintis)

Question 56

True or False? A criticism of Durkheim is Marxists say universalistic values come from bourgeoisie, spreading ideas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

Secondary socialisation: Working-class students learn norms/values at school that prepare them for a lower status

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

The aim of a comprehensive school is to educate all students regardless of background or ability. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

Why did Willis undermine (disagreed) Parsons, Durkheim, Bowles & Gintis?

Accepted Answer

He showed pupils rejected school norms and hierarchy

Question 60

What was the main focus of Ball’s research?

Accepted Answer

Setting/Streaming & student behaviour

Question 61

Which sociologist believes education teaches skills through secondary socialisation to prepare students for work?

Accepted Answer

Durkheim

Question 62

True or False? Academies have more control over their curriculum & policies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 63

What methodological pluralism did Paul Willis use? Pick 2

Accepted Answer

Interviews, Observations

Question 64

Education doesn't work well as an agent of socialisation due to no...

Accepted Answer

Value consensus

Education ~ Sociology GCSE

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Education ~ Sociology GCSE

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