ED2 Differential Educational Achievement

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of material deprivation?

Accepted Answer

Poor language skills

Question 2

What are the two types of factors that can affect levels of achievement?

Accepted Answer

Internal and External

Question 3

What are the two categories of external factors affecting the achievement of different classes and ethnicities?

Accepted Answer

Material and Cultural

Question 4

Leon Feinstein (2008) concludes that which cultural factor is the most important in affecting achievement?

Accepted Answer

Level of parents' education

Question 5

Which of the following factors do Mitsos and Browne (1998) blame for the underachievement of boys?

Accepted Answer

Globalisation and the decline of traditional men's jobs

Question 6

Which material factor did Howard (2001) argue affects working class achievement?

Accepted Answer

Poor diet results in weaker immune system and more absences

Question 7

Which brand did Archer et al (2010) find was an important part of working class pupil identities?

Accepted Answer

Nike

Question 8

Which sociologist coined the term 'Cultural Capital' in 1984?

Accepted Answer

Pierre Bourdieu

Question 9

Which of these is NOT an example of the ethnocentric curriculum (Coard, 1971)?

Accepted Answer

Focus on Islam and Hinduism in RE

Question 10

What type of speech code did Bernstein (1975) argue led to working class underachievement?

Accepted Answer

Restricted

Question 11

Ball (1981) found that abolishing what had a major impact on pupil class polarisation at Beachdale comprehensive?

Accepted Answer

Banding (setting and streaming)

Question 12

Which sociologist found that a group of black girls rejected negative labels at a London school in 1984?

Accepted Answer

Mary Fuller

Question 13

Which of the following ethnic groups had the highest achievement at GCSE in 2013?

Accepted Answer

Indian

Question 14

Which of these is not a criticism of labelling theory?

Accepted Answer

It negatively affects pupil achievement

Question 15

According to Sewell (2009), what is to blame for the underachievement of black boys?

Accepted Answer

Lack of fatherly nurturing and 'tough love'

Question 16

What is the definition of 'educational triage' (Gillborn and Youdell, 2001)?

Accepted Answer

Schools categorising pupils into sets and streams based on stereotypes.

Question 17

Callender & Jackson (2005) found that which material factor affected working class attitudes to university?

Accepted Answer

Fear of debt and the costs of tuition fees

Question 18

Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) studied positive teacher labelling using which research method?

Accepted Answer

Field Experiment

Question 19

What are the three variables of achievement we study in ED2?

Accepted Answer

Class, Gender and Ethnicity

Question 20

Which response to labelling and streaming did Wood (1979) find led to 'daydreaming and mucking about'?

Accepted Answer

Retreatism

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