Lesson 03B2.1.3

03B2.1.3 Work-based training and vocationalism after 1988 Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 9

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  1. Which educational reform act introduced the National Curriculum in the UK?

    • Education Act 1944
    • Baker Education Act 1979
    • Education Reform Act 1988
    • Brodie Act 1992
  2. What term describes the shift towards work-related education and practical skills?

    • Academicism
    • Vocationalism
    • Comprehensive drift
    • Secularisation
  3. Which government initiative in the 1980s provided foundation training for school leavers?

    • Technical Education Council
    • New Deal
    • Direct Grant Scheme
    • Youth Training Scheme
  4. What marketisation policy allows schools to compete for students and funding?

    • Centralised streaming
    • Parental choice
    • State allocation
    • Compulsory zoning
  5. Which sociologists argue that vocational training reinforces social class inequalities?

    • New Right
    • Functionalists
    • Marxists
    • Postmodernists
  6. What name is given to league tables that rank schools by exam results?

    • Performance tables
    • Capacity charts
    • Progress metrics
    • Attainment grids
  7. Which concept describes running schools like private businesses in a competitive market?

    • Comprehensive reform
    • Pedagogic control
    • Education marketisation
    • Social democratisation
  8. What major qualification was introduced in the late 1980s to assess 16-year-olds?

    • CSE
    • O-Level
    • GCSE
    • NVQ
  9. How do functionalists view the expansion of post-1988 vocational education?

    • Skill provision
    • Ideological control
    • Social division
    • Class reproduction
  10. Which educational policy introduced in 1988 allowed schools to opt out of local authority control?

    • Foundation trust
    • Comprehensive charter
    • Direct grant status
    • Grant-maintained status
  11. What funding mechanism allocates school budgets based on student enrolment numbers?

    • Capped subsidisation
    • Fixed block grants
    • Municipal allocation
    • Formula funding
  12. Which political perspective strongly influenced the 1988 Education Reform Act?

    • Marxism
    • Feminism
    • New Right
    • Social democracy
  13. Which qualification framework provides work-based vocational awards in the UK?

    • NVQs
    • BAs
    • GCEs
    • A-Levels
  14. What term describes the process of running schools using business management techniques?

    • Managerialism
    • Collectivism
    • Bureaucracy
    • Corporatism
  15. Which policy gave parents the right to send their children to any school with spare capacity?

    • Catchment restrictions
    • Open enrolment
    • Selection boards
    • Zoning laws
  16. How do Marxist sociologists evaluate post-1988 vocational training schemes?

    • Meritocratic sorting
    • Ideological brainwashing
    • Equal opportunity
    • Skill enhancement
  17. What is the primary aim of vocational education according to economic planners?

    • Cultural enrichment
    • Economic productivity
    • Political activism
    • Critical thinking
  18. Which educational change reduced the power of local education authorities after 1988?

    • Central planning
    • Marketisation
    • Local governance
    • Municipalisation
  19. What unintended consequence often occurs when schools compete for students in league tables?

    • Social leveling
    • Cream-skimming
    • Curricular expansion
    • Resource equalization
  20. Which government body oversees quality assurance in UK further and higher education?

    • HEFCE
    • UCAS
    • QAA
    • Ofsted

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