Sociology-Education

What is Self-fulfilling prophecy?

• A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true,

• When students of different abilities are put into different sets within specific subjects.

• When a group of students within a school hold values and norms that are at odds with that of the school as a whole.

• Splitting pupils into several different hierarchical groups which would stay together for all lessons.

Fill the missing word

___________________ is dividing an entire year-group into different groups for all subjects based on ability.

• Setting

• Streaming

• Mixed ability classes

• Differentiation

Which of the following statement is NOT a result from Hargreaves study on how teachers come to their labels

• Teachers made fairly quick, academic judgements of their pupils and their abilities.

• Hargreaves noticed that, after a while, the judgements became more firm.

• Teachers label students based on social class.

• Teachers label student based on ethnicity.

What is mixed ability teaching?

• Having classes where students are not separated by ability.

• Putting students of different abilities into different classes within a limited range of subjects (e.g. maths)

• Dividing an entire year-group into different groups for all subjects based on ability

• Dividing an entire school into different groups for all subjects based on ability and social class

Where did Ball conducted his study?

• Beachside Grammar School

• Beachside Girls' School

• Beachside Comprehensive School

• Beachside Boys' School

In Ball study, what did he call student's in the lower band?

• Less able

• More able

• Bright

• Disruptive

What is differentiation?

• When teachers and the school attempt to cater for higher and lower ability students and students with different needs.

• When students of different abilities are put into different sets within specific subjects

• Inferences that teachers make about the future behaviour or academic achievement of their students based on what they know.

• When a group of students (and potentially teachers) within a school hold values and norms that are at odds with that of the school as a whole.

Social norms are:

• Creative activities such as gardening, cookery and craftwork

• The symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media

• Religious beliefs about how the world ought to be

• Rules and expectations about interaction that regulate social life

The 'correspondence principle' (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that:

• Schools prepare children for work by teaching them to be obedient

• Teachers and parents tend to have similar attitudes to learning

• Children who write lots of letters develop a better grasp of language

• Boys' and girls' educational achievements have recently become similar

The 11+ exam selects pupils for

• Popular schools that lay outside their catchment area

• Private, public and comprehensive schools

• Grammar School

• Colleges and universities