Sociology Education Theory Practice Test

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• Which report highlighted the importance of parental attitudes in determining educational success?
• What did Hargreaves and Lacey conclude about streaming?
• Under Local Management of Schools, which group gained responsibility for budgets and staffing, weakening the local authority?
• Which middle-class value is defined as delaying gratification to invest in future success?
• Which indirect effect of poor housing is linked to increased school absences?
• Pre-school includes which of the following components?
• Which statement about competition in schools is true?
• Which statement about GIST and WISE is correct?
• Which statement about the 1870 Education Act is correct?
• What is described as a major way class privileges are transmitted across generations?
• In the political role of education, Citizenship education as an examined subject is linked to developing what?
• Which program acronym stands for Women Into Science & Engineering?
• Which best defines streaming in schools?
• How can meritocracy lead to social mobility?
• Which body monitors college performance in the further education sector?
• Which statement best captures a functionalist view of the political role of education?
• Which are internal factors to underachievement?
• When was the National Curriculum introduced?
• Critics would argue that policies designed for disadvantaged students have also benefited which group?
• What do functionalists say about the economic role of education in modern society?
• Under the 1944 Act, secondary education ran from what ages, and when was the school leaving age raised to 16?
• Which is an example of formal social control in schools?
• What is a practical consequence of the functionalist view on Citizenship education?
• What does a catchment area refer to for a school?
• Which statement best describes concerns about how comprehensives operate in relation to social class and streaming?
• According to Marxists, how does education socialize individuals?
• What characteristics did Michael Rutter identify as common in higher-performing schools?
• What term describes the process whereby teachers' low expectations can lead students to underperform, aligning outcomes with those expectations?
• When was the National Curriculum introduced in England and Wales?
• Which statement about home schooling is accurate?
• What is a key aspect of the socialization role of education in functionalist theory?
• Which theorists argue that schooling reproduces and legitimizes capitalist class structure via the hidden curriculum?
• Which policy prohibits sex discrimination in education?
• Which of the following best captures the gender role allocation critique in schooling?
• From a Marxist perspective, who primarily benefits from the education system?
• Cultural capital is associated with which of the following?
• Private education is described as...
• In the typical school hierarchy, which statement is true?
• Which group is more likely to experience exclusion and truancy?
• Which skills are described as the most desirable by employers and associated with women?
• Which statement about the independent sector is true?
• Which of the following is commonly cited advantage of the comprehensive system?
• What did Hyman suggest about the working class' attitude toward education?
• Educational achievement - Nature describes which view?
• In the context of comprehensives, what is a catchment area?
• Which statement describes the effect of temporary housing on education?
• What factor did Kelly's research highlight as contributing to science being seen as male?
• One aim of the National Curriculum is to provide greater equality by ensuring all students:
• Which statement best describes formal learning?
• Bowles and Gintis contend that schooling helps reproduce the class system by producing what kind of workforce?
• What did the National Curriculum change regarding access to subjects?
• What is a Marxist critique of the economic role of education?
• Which term describes the idea that the education system reproduces social inequality by aligning curricula with middle-class culture?
• In the 1960s/70s, which factor was regarded as an important influence on people's lives and education?
• Why was the tripartite system introduced?
• Cultural deprivation argues that middle-class families are more likely to engage in which activities that promote learning?
• What does the Equal Pay Act 1970 prohibit?
• What is one way the hidden curriculum prepares students for future roles?
• Which statement explains how elaborated code affects educational achievement?
• What is a commonly cited advantage of independent schools?
• What is the reason working class parents are 'put off' by schools according to Blackstone and Mortimore?
• What did Douglas claim about working-class parents' ambition and attendance at parents' evenings?
• The 'myth of meritocracy' includes which claims?
• Which of the following is a disadvantage of streaming?
• Critics say streaming within a comprehensive reproduces which of the following?
• What is the role of sixth form colleges in the further education system?
• From 1870 to 1944 the education system in Britain was organized into three main types of schools.
• Which option correctly defines the hidden curriculum in education?
• In league tables, what does a value-added measure show?
• Which statement about the National Curriculum's impact on girls taking science at A level is accurate?
• Before the 1870 Education Act, access to education in Britain was largely determined by social class.
• Cultural capital is best understood as including which elements?
• Which statement best describes the restricted code's relation to audience and shared experiences?
• What is the effect of early socialisation of elaborated code on middle-class students?
• Which health-related mechanism links poverty to higher illness risk in children?
• What explanation did the study's authors give for the spurters' progress after one year?
• Which factor is most directly associated with the reproduction of inequality through Bourdieu’s framework?
• What is the halo effect in education?
• What issue is raised regarding poorer children's school experience in relation to cost and bullying?
• In the Rosenthal and Jacobson study, what were the randomly selected students who were believed to have the potential for rapid academic progress called?
• Willis argued that some pupils resist schooling by forming anti-school subcultures to do what?
• Which author is associated with four key characteristics of working-class pupils, including fatalism and present-time orientation?
• According to Sue Sharpe's interviews, how did girls' ambitions change from the 1970s to the 1990s?
• What is the reported link between students' experience of school and workers' experience in adulthood?
• From a Marxist perspective, what is a key claim about the socialization function of schools?
• What is a stated purpose of league tables in education?
• Definition of social class is best described as what?
• What distinguishes setting from streaming?
• According to Paul Willis, how do some students respond to schooling?
• Which statement best describes the self-fulfilling prophecy in education?
• According to the material, what is also important besides poverty in educational outcomes?
• In Parsons' framework, which is the focal socialising agency that transmits norms and values?
• Which statement challenges the idea that poverty alone determines underachievement?
• Which external pressure is linked to teachers labeling students to appear better in school league tables?
• Which statement best describes the Aim Higher Programme's purpose?
• In Althusser's Marxist analysis, education functions as part of the state apparatus that is which?
• Bowles and Gintis' study found what relationship between obedience and grades?
• What is the main provision of the Equal Pay Act 1970?
• How has feminism influenced girls' aspirations?
• Which behavioral outcome is linked to lower social class in the material?
• What percentage of schoolchildren attend independent (private) schools?
• Legitimise in education refers to which of the following?
• What do Marxists claim about the selective role of education?
• Symbolic violence in education refers to practices that do what?
• How does language exposure vary with streaming?
• What percentage of children on free school meals gain 5 A*-C GCSEs, according to the material?
• Which statement describes City Technology Colleges (CTCs)?
• Which statement best captures the 'myth of cultural deprivation' according to the material?
• Which policy introduced competition and parental choice into education in England?
• Which characteristic is associated with working-class values, emphasizing present gratification?
• Davis and Moore argue that education serves which primary function?
• A common critique of New Right reforms is that they cause which problem?
• Some areas still use the 11-plus exam, and the private sector often uses entry tests at what age?
• Which sociologists argue that teachers’ assessments tend to reflect their views of what middle-class students should be capable of, rather than their actual performance?
• National Vocational Qualifications are designed to:
• Which concept describes presenting inequality as fair within the education system?
• From a critical perspective, education tends to validate the views of which groups?
• National tests are administered at the end of which key stages in the National Curriculum?
• Educational achievement - Nurture emphasizes which factors?
• A common critique of Durkheim's functionalism is that it fails to account for which of the following?
• In 2007, which group had a higher proportion of places at Oxford University?
• Which theorist is associated with role allocation through education to promote efficiency?
• What did Douglas find about working-class students' intellectual test scores compared with middle-class students?
• Functionalists describe the economic role of education as preparing students with which core competencies?
• According to the discussion of cultural deprivation, where do we acquire basic values?
• According to the myth of cultural deprivation, working class children are described as...
• What is a school counter-culture?
• Why does elaborated code give middle-class pupils an advantage in schooling?
• In some regions, middle schools bridge primary and secondary by taking children of what age range?
• Statistics regarding educational achievement tend to show which pattern?
• Which concept refers to non-material assets like manners, skills, and belongings that reinforce social inequality in education?
• What term is used to describe informal learning that occurs outside explicit subject instruction?
• Did the National Curriculum's equal access improve girls' science performance?
• Which factor is most closely associated with Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction through education?
• Which factor is said to give middle-class children an early advantage in intellectual development?
• What perception about gender roles is reinforced by school environments?
• Which of the following is a commonly noted problem associated with comprehensives?
• Connexions Service is best described as offering which of the following?
• Which statement best captures Bowles and Gintis' critique of schooling?
• What is one function of the hidden curriculum with regard to society?
• Which description best captures the aim of the Excellence in Cities programme?
• What is a commonly cited advantage of state schools?
• GIST and WISE are programs aimed at addressing gender differences in science and engineering. Which statement is correct?
• A typical criticism of Davis and Moore's theory is that it could lead to which outcome?
• Kelly's research (1981) suggested what about science?
• Which statement correctly describes the relationship between language codes and schooling?
• Which statements reflect Althusser's criticisms of education?
• Which subjects are designated as core within the National Curriculum?
• Which factor may affect motivation toward education independent of poverty?
• Which option is one of Sugarman's four key characteristics of working-class culture?
• Primary education refers to which age range and setting?
• Which statement reflects the aims of the 1944 Butler Education Act?
• What term describes schools that are called 'amazing schools' and pass on their practices to others?
• According to Blackstone and Mortimore, working class parents are more likely to miss parents' evenings because...
• What did Wilkinson (1994) report about women's aspirations?
• Durkheim's view of education is closely linked to which concept?
• Which ideology advocates market-style reforms and emphasizes parental choice in education?
• Which ideas are associated with Althusser's criticisms of education?
• Which concept describes Bourdieu's idea that education reproduces social class through cultural resources and dispositions?
• The 1988 Education Reform Act introduced marketisation in education, emphasizing parental choice and competition. Which option best reflects this idea?
• Schools reflect and reproduce which societal value according to Marxist views?
• Which of the following is a characteristic of the elaborated code?
• Which statement best reflects a Marxist critique of the selective role of education?
• Which term describes the belief that social class differences in achievement arise from environment and culture rather than innate ability?
• Which policy was introduced to raise the school-leaving age to 18?
• Which statement best captures the functionalist view of education?
• Troyna and Williams argue that the main issue with language in schools is...
• What are the three stages defined by the 1944 Butler Act?
• From a Marxist perspective, which group is more likely to receive negative teacher expectations and which is more likely to receive positive ones?
• Which of the following is a characteristic of the restricted code?
• Which policy aims to reduce inequalities in achievement by providing money for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to encourage them to stay in post-16 education?
• What does the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 do in education?
• Promoting diversity and choice is linked to which educational shift?
• Which of the following is true about 'middle class' according to the material?
• By 1986, approximately what proportion of secondary students attended comprehensives?
• Grant-maintained schools are characterized by:
• Parsons' functions in education are best described by which theoretical approach?
• Which is listed as a direct effect of housing conditions on education?
• Parsons' theory identifies which concept as applied universally in education?
• Which of the following best describes 'working class' in the material?
• Chubb and Moe argue that education should be run primarily by which force?
• What is an advantage of streaming?
• What characterizes anti-school subcultures?
• Which external factor is described as influencing girls' achievement?
• Heath and Ridge discuss a link between social class and leaving school early. Which statement aligns with their view?
• What practice is described as placing students into lower sets and entering them for lower-tier exams, affecting their opportunities?
• Which statement summarizes an external reason for achievement described in the material?
• What feeling may result from lack of satisfaction with school routines?
• Bernstein identified two types of language used by different social classes. What are they?
• What is the primary aim of the Sure Start Programme?
• Which term refers to the government's emphasis on work-related qualifications and training for students aged 14-18, formed in the mid-1970s?
• Which statement best explains the motivation for introducing comprehensives?
• Which factor is identified as explaining differences in educational achievement?
• What dietary explanation links poverty to children's nutrition in the material?
• What term describes the belief that schools are based on white middle-class values and may disadvantage working-class students?
• What does Troyna and Williams claim about language labeling?
• In school hierarchies, which position is at the top?
• Regarding comprehensives, which statement best captures the economic rationale?
• More recently, which combination of factors is seen as influencing educational achievement?
• Which statement accurately describes secondary education options?
• What is a consequence of financial pressures on poorer families in education?
• How were students placed in the tripartite system?
• In Bowles and Gintis' analysis, which mechanism links schooling to capitalist relations?
• What is a consequence of streaming for working-class students?
• In labeling theory, Becker's findings indicated what pattern?