Knowledge questions

Question 1

What are the three main functions of education according to Talcott Parsons?

Question 2

What is the difference between setting and streaming?

Question 3

Who argued that working class parents have lower aspirations for their children?

Question 4

In what three ways does Giroux criticised the Marxist approach to education?

Question 5

What is another name for neo-liberal perspective on education?

Question 6

What are the three main characteristics of an anti-school subculture?

Question 7

What are the two main external factors which lead to difference in educational achievement according to class?

Question 8

Who is associated with the principal of the correspondence principal?

Question 9

What are the 5 male subcultures according to Mac an Ghaill?

Question 10

Which government policy introduced the national curriculum?

Question 11

What are the two main internal factors influencing subject choice?

Question 12

Which perspective suggests that the government should make more opportunities for society to be more equal and meritocratic?

Question 13

What was the purpose of the New Labour Policy –New Deal for Young People?

Question 14

What are the four internal factors which affect differential educational achievement?

Question 15

Which report felt that socio-economic factors were the main factors in underachievement in Afro-Caribbean Pupils?

Question 16

What phrase does Althusser use to describe institution such as education?

Question 17

Who argues that education doesn’t sift and sort but rather leads to cultural reproduction?

Question 18

Who suggests that
there needs to be
greater focus on vocational education so that students are more prepared
for the world of work?