Lesson 03B2.4.3
03B2.4.3 Ideological influences on government educational policy Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 9
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Which political perspective traditionally prioritises meritocracy and the selection of able pupils?
- Socialism
- New Right
- Marxism
- Feminism
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What key marketisation policy was introduced by the 1988 Education Reform Act?
- Comprehensive system
- Raising school leaving age
- National Curriculum
- Tripartite system
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Which sociological perspective views education as serving the needs of capitalism?
- New Right
- Marxism
- Functionalism
- Liberalism
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What term describes the transfer of state-run schools into independently managed academies?
- Commodification
- Nationalisation
- Bureaucratisation
- Privatisation
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Which policy aimed to compensate for cultural deprivation through targeted funding in deprived areas?
- Education Action Zones
- Grammar schools
- Tripartite system
- Public schools
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Parental choice of schools creates what type of market dynamic according to marketisation policies?
- Parentocracy
- Plutocracy
- Technocracy
- Meritocracy
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Which educational initiative introduced under New Labour aimed to widen university participation?
- Assisted Places
- Sure Start
- Direct Grant
- Tripartite system
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What did New Labour introduce in 1998 to deter lower-income students from attending university?
- Universal bursaries
- Education maintenance
- Tuition fees
- Maintenance grants
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How do social democratic theorists view the primary role of state education?
- Elite selection
- Market competition
- Equal opportunity
- Capitalist reproduction
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Which policy established secondary moderns, technical schools and grammar schools?
- Tripartite system
- Comprehensive system
- Marketisation
- Academies programme
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What marketisation strategy involves league tables publishing school exam results?
- Equalisation
- Streaming
- Labelling
- Publication
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Which ideological perspective opposes state-run education in favour of voucher-funded schooling?
- Marxism
- Social democracy
- Radical feminism
- New Right
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What term describes private companies taking over educational services like catering or supply teaching?
- State socialisation
- Exogenous privatisation
- Comprehensive reform
- Endogenous privatisation
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Which policy reform abolished the 11-plus exam in most local authorities during the 1960s and 1970s?
- Grant-maintained status
- Tripartite system
- Comprehensive system
- Assisted places
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What market mechanism allows popular schools to expand while underperforming schools shrink?
- Formula funding
- Catchment zoning
- Banding allocation
- Central planning
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Which policy allowed bright children from low-income families to attend fee-paying private schools?
- Assisted Places
- Special Measures
- Education Action
- Sure Start
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What concept explains why middle-class parents are better positioned to navigate school choice?
- Working solidarity
- Cultural capital
- Universalism
- Deferred gratification
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Which political ideology introduced specialist schools to encourage institutional differentiation and choice?
- New Right
- Classical Marxism
- Radical feminism
- New Labour
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What term describes the internal restructuring of state schools to operate like commercial businesses?
- Endogenous privatisation
- Bureaucratic centralisation
- Exogenous privatisation
- Collective nationalisation
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Which government initiative placed failing schools into special measures with strict external intervention?
- Grammar selection
- Sure Start
- Ofsted inspection
- Tripartite review
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