Sociology Education Test 1 Questions with Answers
Vocationalism - Answer-The knowledge and skills required for specific types of employment.
Hidden curriculum - Answer-Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.
Educational triage - Answer-The p...
Vocationalism - Answer-The knowledge and skills required for specific types of
employment.
Hidden curriculum - Answer-Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society
and are taught subtly in schools.
Educational triage - Answer-The process whereby schools concentrate on certain
students as a way of boosting the school's exam league table position.
Anti-school subculture - Answer-Peer group that discourages learning and disrupts
education for others
Social class reproduction - Answer-The way in which class status is reproduced from
generation to generation via the education system
Universalistic values - Answer-Rules and values that apply equally to all members of
society, regardless of who they are.
Globalisation - Answer-The increasing integration of economies and societies around
the world particularly through international trade
National curriculum - Answer-A set of subjects that all children in England and Wales
are expected to study
Private school - Answer-School that charges students for admission
Fatalism - Answer-The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable
Function of allocation - Answer-Where school's effectively sort pupils into their
appropriate future work roles
Paralysis of criticism - Answer-Where people are not encouraged to 'think' or engage in
critical debate
Pink custard - Answer-It should be reintroduced for school puddings
League tables - Answer-The ranking of schools or colleges based on exam results
Attainment gap - Answer-The difference in achievement between social groups, e.g.
between boys and girls or the social classes
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