Lesson 3.2
3.2 Processes inside schools Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Sociology, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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What sociological term describes teachers categorising pupils based on stereotypical assumptions?
- Banding
- Labelling
- Differentiation
- Streaming
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Which sociologist is associated with research on labelling within schools?
- Willard Waller
- Karl Marx
- Talcott Parsons
- David Hargreaves
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What term describes the unstated lessons, norms and values learned through school routines?
- Formal timetable
- Hidden curriculum
- Academic syllabus
- National curriculum
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What is the practice of grouping pupils by ability across all subjects called?
- Labelling
- Setting
- Streaming
- Banding
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What is school banding?
- Broad ability grouping
- Extra-curricular streaming
- Age-based registration
- Random student allocation
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Which term describes a counter school culture of pupils who reject school values?
- Hidden curriculum
- Meritocratic ideology
- Anti-school subculture
- Compulsory education
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Which sociologist is associated with research on anti-school subcultures in schools?
- Emile Durkheim
- Talcott Parsons
- Paul Willis
- Ann Oakley
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Which concept describes how a teacher's initial prediction about a pupil eventually comes true?
- Cultural capital
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Material deprivation
- Hidden curriculum
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Which sociologist is associated with research on teacher expectations?
- Ann Oakley
- Emile Durkheim
- Stephen Ball
- Ralf Dahrendorf
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When a low teacher expectation leads to lesser work and poor results, what has occurred?
- Social cohesion
- Role allocation
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Meritocratic selection
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A school places pupils in top, middle and bottom sets for maths based on test results. Which process is this?
- Setting or streaming
- Hidden curriculum
- Labelling of parents
- Anti-school subculture
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Which practice best illustrates the hidden curriculum in schools?
- Taking exams
- Studying maths
- Playing football
- Queuing for lunch
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How can lower streams negatively affect pupil achievement?
- Longer school days
- More homework tasks
- Stricter uniform rules
- Less demanding teaching
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What effect can teacher labelling have on pupils?
- Improves attendance
- Lowers school fees
- Changes birth dates
- Influences self-concept
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Which process often leads pupils to form anti-school subcultures?
- School assemblies
- House points
- Teacher labelling
- Extra revision
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What does the hidden curriculum primarily prepare pupils for?
- Higher education
- Family budgeting
- Political voting
- Adult work roles
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Which concept explains how teacher expectations shape academic identity?
- Cultural capital
- Social mobility
- Material deprivation
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
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How does setting differ from streaming?
- Random allocation
- Age-based classes
- Whole-school groups
- Subject-specific groups
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A pupil who is labelled as troublesome by teachers starts to behave in disruptive ways. Which concept is most relevant?
- Meritocracy
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Achieved status
- Social mobility
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Why is educational streaming often criticised by sociologists?
- Increases lesson costs
- Reduces teacher pay
- Shortens term dates
- Entrenches social disadvantage
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