Lesson 4.1.1.3

4.1.1.3 Relationships and processes within schools Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which term describes the unwritten norms and values taught to pupils through daily school routines?

    • Ethnocentric curriculum
    • Formal curriculum
    • Hidden curriculum
    • Vocational curriculum

  2. Which sociologist coined the term 'hidden curriculum' to describe classroom routines like queuing and waiting?

    • Paul Willis
    • Philip Jackson
    • David Hargreaves
    • Howard Becker

  3. According to Howard Becker, teachers judge pupils against an image of what?

    • The model citizen
    • The ideal pupil
    • The top achiever
    • The obedient child

  4. David Hargreaves argued that streaming led to which process, creating opposing pupil subcultures?

    • Marginalisation
    • Assimilation
    • Polarisation
    • Integration

  5. Which sociological concept explains how teacher expectations shape a pupil's identity and educational success?

    • Labelling
    • Stratification
    • Socialisation
    • Secularisation

  6. What do interactionist sociologists focus on when studying teacher-pupil relationships?

    • Economic output
    • Biological traits
    • Negotiated meanings
    • Structural functions

  7. What term describes placing pupils into ability groups across all subjects?

    • Tripartite system
    • Streaming
    • Mixed-ability grouping
    • Setting

  8. What do sociologists argue setting and streaming tend to reinforce?

    • Gender parity
    • Cultural integration
    • Social class inequality
    • Meritocratic outcomes

  9. Which culture did Paul Willis identify among 'the lads' in his study?

    • Pro-school culture
    • Meritocratic subculture
    • Deferred gratification
    • Counter-school culture

  10. What does the hidden curriculum transmit regarding different types of knowledge?

    • Equal importance
    • High-status value
    • Scientific objectivity
    • Economic neutrality

  11. Which concept describes teachers attaching labels to pupils based on expectations?

    • Material deprivation
    • Collective conscience
    • Cultural capital
    • Labelling

  12. What do critics argue interactionist approaches to education tend to ignore?

    • Teacher attitudes
    • Classroom interactions
    • Structural inequalities
    • Individual meanings

  13. What term describes pupil groups that reject the dominant values of school?

    • Formal organisations
    • Professional associations
    • Anti-school subcultures
    • Pro-school subcultures

  14. Which phenomenon occurs when teacher expectations directly cause a pupil's outcome?

    • Cultural capital
    • Material deprivation
    • Educational triage
    • Self-fulfilling prophecy

  15. Why do sociologists argue that school organisation is not neutral?

    • Lacks formal rules
    • Favours dominant groups
    • Ignores curriculum content
    • Treats everyone equally

  16. Which peer group response allows pupils to resist school authority together?

    • Institutional conformity
    • Counter-school subculture
    • Parentocracy
    • Academic elite

  17. What is a key limitation of small-scale qualitative studies in schools?

    • Lack of depth
    • High validity
    • Low generalisability
    • High reliability

  18. How do traditional schools maintain order in teacher-pupil relationships?

    • Anarchic consensus
    • Hierarchical authority
    • Equal negotiation
    • Peer mediation

  19. What do feminists argue school processes help to reinforce?

    • Racial equality
    • Gender stereotypes
    • Meritocratic ideals
    • Class mobility

  20. Which example best illustrates learning through the hidden curriculum?

    • Studying GCSE Maths
    • Queuing for lunch
    • Sitting an exam
    • Learning history dates

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