SOCIOLOGY EDUCATION UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Material deprivation
Answer:
Lacking basic necessities due to poverty.
Question:
2. Cultural deprivation
Answer:
Inadequate socialisation in the home.
Question:
3. Material deprivation's effects on education
Answer:
90% of failing schools are in deprived areas. Dpt of Education (2012) barely 1/3 of students eligible
for free school meals achieve 5 or more GCSE's at A*-C. These students are more likely to be
excluded and truant.
Question:
4. Effects of housing on educational achievement
Answer:
Direct - overcrowding makes it difficult for a child to study, disturbed sleep from sharing beds or
rooms. Indirect - effects on health and welfare e.g. children in crowded house run a greater risk of
having an accident. Cold or damp house leads to infections or illness.
Question:
5. Effects of diet and health on educational achievement
Answer:
Howard (2001) kids from poorer homes have a lower intake of energy, vitamins and minerals.
Wilkinson (1999) kids from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have emotional/ behavioural
problems. Blanden and Machin (2007) found children from poorer backgrounds more likely to engage
in fights or temper tantrums.
Question:
6. University and social class
Answer:
Callender and Jackson (2005) w/c students more likely to see debt negatively.
Question:
7. Bernstein (1973)
Answer:
w/c students underachieve because they are socialised into a restricted language code whereas schools
favour an elaborated language code which middle class students are socialised into.
, Question:
8. Marketization
Answer:
process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition in education.
Question:
9. Bernstein and Young (1967)
Answer:
better educated parents have higher incomes and spend them on promoting education to their children,
via educational trips or toys.
Question:
10. Douglas (1964)
Answer:
w/c parents place less value on education - less ambitious for their children and give them less
encouragement.
Question:
11. Bourdieu (1984)
Answer:
cultural capital refers to the knowledge, tastes, language, attitudes and values of the middle class.
Question:
12. Gillborn and Youdell (2001)
Answer:
teachers label students based on stereotypical assumptions of their class worth, they also argue that
labelling leads to a self fulfilling prophecy
Question:
13. Self-fulfilling prophecy
Answer:
Living up to your label.
Question:
14. Archer (2010)
Answer:
found pupils were creating 'Nike identities' by investing heavily in style to gain class worth.
Question:
15. Educational triage
Answer:
no hopers, those with potential, those who will pass anyway (Gillborn and Youdell).
Question:
16. Stephen Ball (1981)
Answer:
looked at abolishing streaming in schools & found when it was abolished anti-school subcultures were
less likel to be created but teacher labelling continued.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Material deprivation
Answer:
Lacking basic necessities due to poverty.
Question:
2. Cultural deprivation
Answer:
Inadequate socialisation in the home.
Question:
3. Material deprivation's effects on education
Answer:
90% of failing schools are in deprived areas. Dpt of Education (2012) barely 1/3 of students eligible
for free school meals achieve 5 or more GCSE's at A*-C. These students are more likely to be
excluded and truant.
Question:
4. Effects of housing on educational achievement
Answer:
Direct - overcrowding makes it difficult for a child to study, disturbed sleep from sharing beds or
rooms. Indirect - effects on health and welfare e.g. children in crowded house run a greater risk of
having an accident. Cold or damp house leads to infections or illness.
Question:
5. Effects of diet and health on educational achievement
Answer:
Howard (2001) kids from poorer homes have a lower intake of energy, vitamins and minerals.
Wilkinson (1999) kids from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have emotional/ behavioural
problems. Blanden and Machin (2007) found children from poorer backgrounds more likely to engage
in fights or temper tantrums.
Question:
6. University and social class
Answer:
Callender and Jackson (2005) w/c students more likely to see debt negatively.
Question:
7. Bernstein (1973)
Answer:
w/c students underachieve because they are socialised into a restricted language code whereas schools
favour an elaborated language code which middle class students are socialised into.
, Question:
8. Marketization
Answer:
process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition in education.
Question:
9. Bernstein and Young (1967)
Answer:
better educated parents have higher incomes and spend them on promoting education to their children,
via educational trips or toys.
Question:
10. Douglas (1964)
Answer:
w/c parents place less value on education - less ambitious for their children and give them less
encouragement.
Question:
11. Bourdieu (1984)
Answer:
cultural capital refers to the knowledge, tastes, language, attitudes and values of the middle class.
Question:
12. Gillborn and Youdell (2001)
Answer:
teachers label students based on stereotypical assumptions of their class worth, they also argue that
labelling leads to a self fulfilling prophecy
Question:
13. Self-fulfilling prophecy
Answer:
Living up to your label.
Question:
14. Archer (2010)
Answer:
found pupils were creating 'Nike identities' by investing heavily in style to gain class worth.
Question:
15. Educational triage
Answer:
no hopers, those with potential, those who will pass anyway (Gillborn and Youdell).
Question:
16. Stephen Ball (1981)
Answer:
looked at abolishing streaming in schools & found when it was abolished anti-school subcultures were
less likel to be created but teacher labelling continued.
