4/6 mark style questions Flashcards
Outline two cultural factors that may affect ethnic differences in educational achievement
- parental discipline
- linguistic skills
- higher education aspirations
- cultural deprivation
- matrifocal families
Outline two material factors that may affect working class pupils in education
- material deprivation
- bad health
- lack of space
Outline two policies which reflect the influence of globalisation on education
- British values and prevent - against terrorism
- introduction of faith schools, free schools and academies
- education bill 2015 - increasing a-level rigour for international rankings
- multi-cultural curriculum
Outline two criticisms of schools selecting pupils by ability
- may lead to self fulfilling prophecy
- it benefit m/c students as they can afford tutors
- presents class inequality as students from a middle class background will benefit from better quality education reinforcing the gap
Outline two ways in which the school may be seen as ethnocentric
- gives priority to white culture
- holidays are based around christian holidays
Outline two processes in the school which lead to the formation of anti school subcultures
- streaming - lead to self fulfilling prophecy
- educational triage
- labelling
- speech codes
Outline two problems with cultural deprivation theories
- speech code hierarchy - schoool has an issue with attitudes toward restricted speech code
- cultural deprivation is a myth,
- victim blaming
Outline two problems of labelling theories
- they are too deterministic
- ignore wider societal structures as to the occurrence of labelling
Outline two ways in which social policies reinforce differences in educational
outcomes
- marketisation reinforces DEA as policies such as league tables lead to educational triage to be the best they can be.
- ofsted leads to sink schools this means those who cant get in to or attend the better ranking schools are set to fail due to lack of funding
Outline two ways in which the correspondence principle operates within school
- correspondence principle occurs through a hierarchy system - school is like work in the sense it is preparing the students for life as a labourer.
- correspondence principle occurs through incentives - in the work place you get rewards such as bonuses and promotions and at school you get good grades, this prepares you for false class conscience for. a life of monotonous work.
Outline two ways in which policies which reflect the privatisation of education
- examination boards are increasingly owned by private companies which look to make a profit
- marketisation means that schools are now operating more like businesses, ofted and pisa are a way of competing for students which then gives the school more funding through pupil premium.
Outline two reasons why marketisation policies may produce inequality of
educational achievement between social classes
- policies such as ofsted create a gap between school that those which are failing become sink schools, which are mostly attended by w/c students.
- parentocracy is a myth as not all parents can exercise choice due to material deprivation and cultural deprivation.
Outline two ways in which the organisation of the school may reinforce gender
identity
- there is a lack of female role models as most head teachers are male
- introduction of national curriculum and coursework means that girls are more likely to do well.
Outline two ways in which parental attitudes may influence a child’s experience
of education
- asian parents are more likely to encourage achievement than white working class parents as they see this as a way out
- the w/c habitus is not regarded as important as the m/c habitus and parents may not see the point of higher education as youll go into labour intensive jobs anyway
