Sociology Unit 2: Education

What are four important factors of education?

What is meant by 'formal education is an agent of social control'?

Outline structuralism.

Outline symbolic interactionism

How do Functionalists view education?

What is the Marxist view on education?

What is the hidden curriculum?

What is educations essential purpose according to functionalists?

What is the Marxist and Feminist view on the 'sorting' functions of education?

What are symbolic interactionist's fears about the process within schools?

Students often form subcultures to rebel against the education system. Why does David Hargreaves believe this is?

What is the 'educational difference hypothesis'?

What does Labov believe underachievement is due to?

Why do girls achieve better academic achievement than boys?

According to Martin Mccall and Ghaill, why are bands of boys deciding education is 'uncool'?

Why do some researchers think that the 'saving the boys' attitude is misdirected?

What could gendered subject choices be a result of?

How does class affect educational achievement?

What reason do some sociologists feel is behind the lower grades from working class children?

Most researchers believe that there is a similar range of ability in all classes. What reasons do they give for the gap in achievement between the classes?

Children from which ethnicity make greater progress that white children during pre-school?

Pupils from which ethnicity are most likely to achieve expected grades at all key stages?

On average, children from which ethnicity perform less well than white children in compulsory schooling?

Children of which ethnicity are most likely to be excluded from school?

What is the meaning of cultural reproduction?

Willis wanted to find out why working class children typically went on to working class jobs despite having access to free education. What did he find?

Outline the Foster Act of 1870

Outline the Education Act of 1944.

Who gained power in '44 and instituted comprehensive schooling to allow all the have equal access to educational resources (though some grammar schools still exist)?

Why did Margaret Thatcher dismantle comprehensive schooling when she came to power in 1979?

What specific reforms to education did Margaret Thatcher introduce?

What was a major flaw to the new selection process?

Outline the 1997 Education Police under New Labour

Name five types of admissions policies

What is streaming and setting in education?

Outline ability as an admissions policy.

Outline catchment areas as an admissions policy.

Outline parental choice as an admissions policy.

Outline banding as an admissions policy.

Outline faith schools.

Outline private schools.

Outline city technology colleges

Outline the 'New Vocationalism Movement'