Sociology Education A Level(AQA) Training Exam 100% Well Answered.
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A-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY
Material deprivation - Answer Lacking basic necessities due to poverty.
Cultural deprivation - Answer Inadequate socialisation in the home.
Material deprivation's effects on education - Answer 90% of failing schools are in deprived areas. Dpt of Education (2012) barely 1/3 of student...
Sociology Education A Level(AQA)
Training Exam 100% Well Answered.
Material deprivation - Answer Lacking basic necessities due to poverty.
Cultural deprivation - Answer Inadequate socialisation in the home.
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.
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.
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.
University and social class - Answer Callender and Jackson (2005) w/c students more likely to see debt
negatively.
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.
Marketization - Answer process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition in
education.
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.
, Douglas (1964) - Answer w/c parents place less value on education - less ambitious for their children
and give them less encouragement.
Bourdieu (1984) - Answer cultural capital refers to the knowledge, tastes, language, attitudes and
values of the middle class.
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
Self-fulfilling prophecy - Answer Living up to your label.
Archer (2010) - Answer found pupils were creating 'Nike identities' by investing heavily in style to gain
class worth.
Educational triage - Answer no hopers, those with potential, those who will pass anyway (Gillborn and
Youdell).
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.
Black family structure - Answer mostly headed by a single female parent. Murray (1984) argues
financial difficulty and a lack of male role model leads to the children in these families being
inadequately socialised and go onto fail at school.
Asian family structure - Answer Lupton (2004) argues that adult authority in Asian fams is similar to the
way schools operate. Pryce adds that Asian kids are more resistant to racism so develop self-worth.
Wood et al (2010) - Answer Found evidence of discrimination in employment, he sent three closely
matched application forms to 1,000 job vacancies using fictitious applicant names. Only 1/16 ethnic
minority offered an interview compared with 1/9 white applications.
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