Education

Question 1

What’s the purpose of education?

Answer 1

Economic (teaches skills for work)

Selective (shifts for work)

Socialisation

Social control

Political teaching (citizenship)

Question 2

What is the hidden curriculum?

Answer 2

An informal (not written down) curriculum that reflects society's n and v and prepares students for later life
e.g

Hierarchy, competition, boredom, social control, gender role

Question 3

Name one educational policy in last 20 years

Answer 3

Pupil premium introduced in 2011 for children looked after by the local authority, eligible for fsm or have parents serving in the armed forces.

£1300 per year in 2015

Question 4

When did they change school leaving age?

Answer 4

In 2015

Question 5

Advantages, disadvantages of private school?

Answer 5

Small classes, more attention

Academic culture, good results

Question 6

Labelling research?

Answer 6

Rosentharl and Jacobson (1968)

Question 7

What is a subculture?

Answer 7

A group that develops clear norms and values

Question 8

Hargreaves?

Answer 8

1967 visited an English boys school and found lower stream boys reject academic values

Question 9

What factors relate to social class?

Answer 9

Material and cultural deprivation, parental attitudes, speech patterns

Kids eligible for pupil premium are 1/3 as likely to get 5 a-c than kids who aren’t. 1/2 as likely to go to uni

Question 10

Girls statistics

Answer 10

Outperform boys at key stage 1-3 and scores consistently higher in 2007

Question 11

Why are girls better?

Answer 11

Socialisation- toys develop language skills

Teacher nicer to girls

GIST (girls into science technology)

Moir and moir identified a girl friendly curriculum means boys do worse

Question 12

Highest and lowest ethnic groups ?

Answer 12

2006

Chinese 83% a*-c

Gypsy/Romany 14% a*-c

Black Caribbean 50% a *-c

Question 13

Why ethnicity play a part?

Answer 13

Ethnocentric curriculum

Parental expectations

Teachers (94% white)

Social class