Each Correct Answers is 1 mark.
Terms in this set (16)
Outline two cultural factors POSSIBLE ANSWERS INCLUDE?
that may affect ethnic • language (1 mark); for some pupils English may be
differences in educational
asecond language and so they may have difficulty in
achievement.
understanding class work (+1 mark)
• parental attitudes to education (1 mark); Indian
andChinese parents are more likely to be pro-school and
encourage their children to be successful in education
(+1 mark)
• pupil subcultures (1 mark); black pupils are morelikely to
be subjected to anti-educational peer group pressure,
leading to them rejecting school (+1 mark) • ethnocentric
curriculum (1 mark); the school curriculum reflects the
dominant culture and this benefits White British students
(+1 mark)Outline three ways in which factors within
schools may shape gender differences in subject choice.
, Outline three ways in which POSSIBLE ANSWERS INCLUDE?
factors within schools may • peer group pressure (1 mark); leads to girls and
shape gender differences in
boyschoosing subjects which reflect stereotypical gender
subject choice.
identities (+1 mark)
• career advice (1 mark); for example, girls are morelikely
to choose childcare courses, because childcare jobs are seen
as female (+1 mark)
• subject counselling (1 mark); teachers may channelboys
and girls into different subject choices in relation to their
own gender stereotypes (+1 mark)
• learning resources may include gender stereotypes(1
mark); for example, science may be represented as a mainly
male activity
• gender of teachers (1 mark); for example, males maypick
science as a subject because the teachers are more likely to
be men (+1 mark).
POSSIBLE ANSWERS INCLUDE?
• working-class pupils' restricted code (1 mark) meansthey
are less able to communicate in ways that the school values
(+1 mark)
Outline two cultural factors • middle-class parents have a more positive attitude
that may cause social class toeducation (1 mark), so they are more supportive of their
differences in educational child's education (+1 mark)
achievement.
• middle-class parents are more likely to socialisechildren in
ways that foster intellectual development (1 mark), eg by
reading to them or providing educational toys (+1 mark)
• fatalistic working-class values (1 mark) do notprepare
children for school, which is achievementoriented (+1 mark).