YR 12 - sociology quiz C+G+E

Which of the following is NOT an external factors regarding social class and achievement

• Teacher labelling

• Material deprivation

• Cultural deprivation

• Fear of debt

(a)   involves separating children into different ability groups or classes.

What does external factors mean?

• Factors inside of school which can have an impact on ones education

• Factors outside of school which can have an impact ones education

What does habitus mean?

• When a teacher places a label, and you react to that label

• Usually dominated by the middle class, textbooks, teachers language and exams are written in this code

• A reflective way of thinking/being/acting

• When you are materially deprived

Which Sociologist found: Ethnic minorities are almost twice as likely to be unemployed compared with whites.

• Strands

• Palmer

• Lupton

• Sewell

What does ethnocentric curriculum mean?

• Teachers who believe all pupils are equal but in practice allow racism to go unchallanged

• Results from prejudiced views of individual teachers and others

• Where access to opportunities such as higher sets depend on teachers assessment rather than ability

• An attitude or policy which provides priority to a cultures viewpoints

Why are girls succeeding in school?

• Mothers are more likely to read their daughters improving their literacy skills

• Positive role models in school - teachers have to go through education to be there

• Changes in women's employment - the equal pay act

• An increase in the divorce rate, rising lone mothers

Why are boys less likely to succeed in school?

• Positive role models - heads of secondary school more likely to be male

• The education system still is male dominated - education still limits girls subject choices

• Globalisation - the decline of traditional men's jobs

• Coursework - girls are better organised than boys

Which theory are these sociologists related to: Bernstein, Douglas, Sugarman and Feinstein

• Material deprivation

• Cultural deprivation

• Cultural capital

• Gender and subject choice

Who comes up with working-class subculture?

• Douglas

• Sugarman

• Bernstein and Young

• Hubbs-tait el