education authorities

Question 1

1944 Eduction Act/ Butler Act

Answer 1

tripartite system
grammar, secondary modern, secondary technical
separation of academic and vocational education

Question 2

David and Moore (1945)

Answer 2

those who are able and talented intellectually should have higher rewards, power and status

Question 3

Tumin (1963)

Answer 3

you can’t objectively measure functional importance

Question 4

Bowles and Gintis (2002)

Answer 4

correspondence principle

Question 5

Bourdieu (1986)

Answer 5

meritocracy is a myth
education system favours the ruling elite
eduction system is unfair unequal and without merit

Question 6

Althusser (1971)

Answer 6

social learning
teachers transform pupils consciousness

Question 7

Bate and Risborough (1993)

Answer 7

New vocationalism is about social control (removes difficult youths off the streets into low wage jobs)
white middle children are encouraged into academics
working class students are encouraged into vocationalism

Question 8

Davies (2012)

Answer 8

putting “difficult youths” into low paying jobs by subsidising employers is modern day slavery
involves little or no training

Question 9

Youth (1981)

Answer 9

criticism of Marxist view
left functionalism
education only functions for the needs of the ruling class

Question 10

Willis (1997)

Answer 10

working class students are not passive and actively resist conformity in schools

Question 11

Davis and Moore

Answer 11

rise in general service industries and computer based services
devision between academic and vocational education is too inflexible and outdated
should be a mix between academics and vocationalism

Question 12

Chitty (2009)

Answer 12

comprehensive education
all children receive the same education
equality of opportunity
competition will provide better qualified individuals
education and retraining can transform low wage jobs into high wage jobs

Question 13

Bowles and Gintis

Answer 13

economic inequalities drives educational inequalities

Question 14

Davis and Moores

Answer 14

most qualified people always fill the most functionally important roles in society

Question 15

functionalist view of eduction

Answer 15

education between education and work is dependent
schools contribute to social solidarity
social mobility is functionally necessary
upward mobility is based on individual merit

Question 16

neo Marxist view on education

Answer 16

relationship between education and cultural reproduction is based on consensual leadership
if people are made to believe education is meritocratic then their lack of achievement is based off of individual failure

Question 17

Blackman (1995)

Answer 17

tensions within schools cause subcultures

Question 18

Frances (2000)

Answer 18

wider society has changed the way girls construct femininity

Question 19

Jones and Myhill (2004)

Answer 19

certain male characteristics are not helpful in education
often see working class boys as underachievers

Question 20

feminist view on education

Answer 20

traditional male and female gender roles influence the family and workplace
female education is rising regardless of ethnicity and class

Question 21

Gillborn and Mirza (2000)

Answer 21

little gender differences in achievement compared to class and ethnicity

Question 22

Francis and Skelton

Answer 22

female achievement is often discussed in terms of male underachievement

Question 23

Crespi (2003)

Answer 23

girls can explore a range if identities

Question 24

Gillborn and Mirza

Answer 24

3 dimensions of inequality

Question 25

sewell (2000)

Answer 25

how black youth adapted to the experience of schools
passive acceptor
active acceptor
passive resistors
active resistors

Question 26

Shain (2003)

Answer 26

Asian girls in the uk
the gang
survivors
revels
faith girls

Question 27

Shain (2003)

Answer 27

Asian girls in the uk
the gang
survivors
the faith
rebels

Question 28

Labov

Answer 28

the way black children speak is not recognised by the school system causing underachievement

Question 29

Saunders

Answer 29

working class life is characterised by dependency cultures and acceptance of low status

Question 30

Chua

Answer 30

high achievements by Chinese students because of ‘tiger mothers’

Question 31

sewell (2000)

Answer 31

black children’s performance is weakend by
poor parenting
anti school subcultures
inability to take responsibility for their own anti school behaviour

Question 32

Gillborn

Answer 32

schools are institutionally racist

Question 33

Figueroa

Answer 33

teachers limit ethnic minority opportunities by culturally biased assessments

Question 34

Hallam et al

Answer 34

benefits of setting and streaming minimises disruptive behaviour
negatives of setting causes stigmatisation on lower set children

Question 35

keddie

Answer 35

academic labelling follow a child through schooling

Question 36

social democratic perspective on education

Answer 36

educations is the mean through which technological change and social inequality can br addressed and managed
retrain and refocus the workforce in contemporary societies to address economic and social changes

Question 37

neo functionalist/ new right

Answer 37

they belive that achievement is based on a person’s individual merit
decline in manufacturing because of globalisation
rise in services and computer based jobs

Question 38

Adeyemo and Ogundokun

Answer 38

possible to measure emotional intelligence
string correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement