Anthony Giddens • Sociology 5th Edition

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Chapter 17 - Education

  1. What is an education system in which children achieve their status based on their own worth called?



  2. Before the 1944 Education Act what sort of school did the vast majority of British children attended?


  3. To what sort of equality did the 1944 Education Act included a commitment?


  4. When was the National Curriculum introduced?


  5. According to Gerwitz et al., parents who exercise choice over which school their children attend have high levels of cultural capital. In which category are they most likely to be found?


  6. Which group of learners does the university of the third age serve?


  7. According to Illich, which one of the following is NOT transmitted through the hidden curriculum?


  8. In studying inequalities in education, which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon?


  9. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generations called?


  10. Which accounts of the worth of education stress that it 'enables individuals to think freely and rationally, which makes social progress and innovation possible'?


  11. Which subject is more popular with young women than young men? (measured by 2001/2, entries at GCE A level or equivalent for young people in England and Wales)


  12. Which subject is more popular with young men than young women? (measured by 2001/2, entries at GCE A level or equivalent for young people in England and Wales)


  13. Children from which ethnic group are most likely to be permanently excluded from school?


  14. Which group of students have schools, as a result of league tables, increasingly concentrated their efforts upon?


  15. Which is the UK's largest university?