Differential educational achievement

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the norms and values that provide the middle class with an advantage in education?

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the process of creating competition between schools?

Identify and describe one way in which material deprivation may affect the educational achievement of some students.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that gender differences in educational achievement are mainly due to factors outside of school.

Identify and explain one way in which gender inequalities may exist in education as shown in Item C.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that ethnic differences in educational achievement are mainly due to factors inside schools.

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a state school that does not select pupils on the basis of their ability?

Describe one example of cultural capital.

Describe one example of the marketization of schools.

Identify and explain one factor, other than debt, that may discourage students from poorer backgrounds from applying to university, raised as a concern in Item C.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that family background is the most important factor in explaining differences in students’ educational achievement.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that in-school factors are the main reasons for gender-based differences in subject options and career choices.

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the process of creating competition between schools?

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that gender differences in educational achievement are mainly due to factors outside schools.