Ed 5: Halsey, Heath and Ridge

Question 1

D: Was this study based on social class, gender or ethnicity?

E: What did they conclude?

C: How many groups did HH and R place their respondents into?

Answer 1

D: social class- but they also only focused on men.

E: That there is a clear link between social class and educational inequality.

C: Three.
The service, intermediate and working classes.

Question 2

D: What was their research method?

E: How many people were included in their research?

C: How old were the people included in their research?

Answer 2

D: Longitudinal study including biographies and interviews.

E: Over 8000.

C: 20-60 years old, looking back at their education.

Question 3

D: what is the ‘service class’?

E: How much more likely were the service class to be in school at 16 than the working class?

C: How much more likely were the service class to go to university than the working class?

Answer 3

D: Professionals

E: x 4

C: x 11

Question 4

D: Which social class was least likely to remain at school until 18?

E: Did they show that British schools were meritocratic?

C: Which sociological perspective does this support?

Answer 4

D: working class

E: No, there were too many barriers to working class success in education.

C: Marxism. This shows reproduction of the class system.

Question 5

D: In what year was their study published?

E: Which two educational policies attempted to make education fairer in 1944 and 1965?

C: What were the aims of the two policies in 1944 and 1965?

Answer 5

D: 1980

E: 1944- the Tripartite Sytem/ The Butler Act.
1965- Schools were encouraged (not forced) to become comprehensives.

C: The Butler Act- aimed to bring in a meritocracy. The first time there was free secondary education for all. It was intended to the most suitable education for each individual based on the results of the 11+ exam.
1965- comprehensive schools were intended to give equality of opportunity. Every one attending the same type of school, without an entrance exam.