Education

Question 1

Cultural factors affecting ethnic differences in achievement

Answer 1

Language, Ethnocentric curriculum, Parental Attitudes, Pupil Subcultures

Question 2

Factors in school shaping gender differences in subject choice

Answer 2

Peer Group pressure, Career advice, Subject counselling, Gender of teachers

Question 3

Factors outside school which affect social class differences in Ed achievement

Answer 3

Linguistic codes, Overcrowded housing, Subcultural values, financial capital

Question 4

Three functions the education system performs for society

Answer 4

Social solidarity, secondary socialisation, role allocation

Question 5

Criticisms of schools selecting pupils by ability

Answer 5

Ability is hard to measure, Pupils can be late developers, selection benefits middle class, testing may lower self esteem

Question 6

Ways which the characteristics of schools may be similar to the workplace

Answer 6

Fragmented work (tasks), extrinsic satisfaction (grades, higher pay), based on competition, hierarchies, alienation

Question 7

Reasons why marketisation policies may produce inequality of educational achievement between social classes

Answer 7

Cream skimming, parental choice of school, silt shifting

Question 8

Reasons for gender differences in educational achievement

Answer 8

Laddish subcultures, changes in job market, feminisation of education, bedroom culture