SEPT/OCT EXAM 2021
SED2601
EXAM NOTES
Multiple Questions
ANSWERS
2019
2020
2021
, TABLE OF
CONTENTS
COLOUR CODING OF QUESTIONS . 3
Multiple questions 2019 MEMO
ASSIGNMENT 1 .................................... 4
Semester 1 .......................................... 4
Semester 2 ........................................ 13
Multiple questions 2020 MEMO
ASSIGNMENT 1 .................................. 24
Semester 1 ........................................ 24
May/June 2020 exam memo .......... 34
Multiple questions 2021 MEMO
ASSIGNMENT 1 .................................. 48
, COLOUR CODING OF QUESTIONS
All questions that are used in all the
assignments and exam papers are colour
coded from most used to least used
Red indicates that the question appears
more than four times throughout the 2019-
2021 assessments.
Yellow indicates that the question appears
three times throughout the 2019-2021
assessments.
Green indicates that the question appears
twice throughout the 2019-2021
assessments.
This could help indicate what questions might
reappear in the exam paper
, MULTIPLE QUESTIONS 2019 MEMO ASSIGNMENT 1
SEMESTER 1
Chapter 1: Theories in Sociology of Education
1. The discipline of Sociology of Education focuses on schools and ... .
1. society
2. nature
3. children
4. globalisation
2. At a macro level, Sociology of Education addresses ... .
1. interactions between teachers and learners
2. how schools impact on the achievement of individual learners
3. how various social forces, such as economics and culture impact on schools as
organisations
4. the way learners are treated by the school principal
3. The theory of functionalism argues that ... .
a) different parts of society (e.g. family, schools) should be viewed as separate and
independent entities from each other
b) different parts of society (e.g. schools, family) are interdependent on each other
c) society should punish ‘bad’ citizens
d) the different parts of society can be compared to a family structure
1. c) and d)
2. a) and c)
3. b)
4. d)
4. Two of the major functionalist theorists are the following:
1. Bowles and Gintis.
2. Marx and Lenin.
3. Durkheim and Parsons.
4. Blackledge and Hunt.
5. The functionalist theorist, Robert Merton proposed that latent human functions
are the following:
a) Unintentional and not obvious.
b) Part of the school curriculum.
c) Intentional and obvious.
d) Practices that can be conveyed to future generations.
1. a) and b)
2. a)
3. c)
4. b) and d)
SED2601
EXAM NOTES
Multiple Questions
ANSWERS
2019
2020
2021
, TABLE OF
CONTENTS
COLOUR CODING OF QUESTIONS . 3
Multiple questions 2019 MEMO
ASSIGNMENT 1 .................................... 4
Semester 1 .......................................... 4
Semester 2 ........................................ 13
Multiple questions 2020 MEMO
ASSIGNMENT 1 .................................. 24
Semester 1 ........................................ 24
May/June 2020 exam memo .......... 34
Multiple questions 2021 MEMO
ASSIGNMENT 1 .................................. 48
, COLOUR CODING OF QUESTIONS
All questions that are used in all the
assignments and exam papers are colour
coded from most used to least used
Red indicates that the question appears
more than four times throughout the 2019-
2021 assessments.
Yellow indicates that the question appears
three times throughout the 2019-2021
assessments.
Green indicates that the question appears
twice throughout the 2019-2021
assessments.
This could help indicate what questions might
reappear in the exam paper
, MULTIPLE QUESTIONS 2019 MEMO ASSIGNMENT 1
SEMESTER 1
Chapter 1: Theories in Sociology of Education
1. The discipline of Sociology of Education focuses on schools and ... .
1. society
2. nature
3. children
4. globalisation
2. At a macro level, Sociology of Education addresses ... .
1. interactions between teachers and learners
2. how schools impact on the achievement of individual learners
3. how various social forces, such as economics and culture impact on schools as
organisations
4. the way learners are treated by the school principal
3. The theory of functionalism argues that ... .
a) different parts of society (e.g. family, schools) should be viewed as separate and
independent entities from each other
b) different parts of society (e.g. schools, family) are interdependent on each other
c) society should punish ‘bad’ citizens
d) the different parts of society can be compared to a family structure
1. c) and d)
2. a) and c)
3. b)
4. d)
4. Two of the major functionalist theorists are the following:
1. Bowles and Gintis.
2. Marx and Lenin.
3. Durkheim and Parsons.
4. Blackledge and Hunt.
5. The functionalist theorist, Robert Merton proposed that latent human functions
are the following:
a) Unintentional and not obvious.
b) Part of the school curriculum.
c) Intentional and obvious.
d) Practices that can be conveyed to future generations.
1. a) and b)
2. a)
3. c)
4. b) and d)
