Factors Affecting Educational Achievement: Ethnicity (AQA GCSE Sociology): Exam Questions

Exam code: 8192

31 mins5 questions
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Item C

Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 5 or above in English and Maths by ethnicity, England 2017

Bar chart showing the percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 5 or above in English and Maths by ethnic group, England, 2017. The vertical axis shows percentage of pupils, from 0% to 80%. Bars are shown for Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi, White British, Pakistani, Black African and Black Caribbean pupils, with Chinese pupils showing the highest attainment and Black Caribbean pupils the lowest.

Source: Adapted from Department for Education (2017)

From Item C, examine one weakness of research using official statistics on the educational achievement of different ethnic groups.

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What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a curriculum that is biased, coming from the point of view of one culture?

  • Egalitarian

  • Ethnocentric

  • Ethnographic

  • Exclusive

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Item C

Bar chart showing percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 5+ in English and Maths by ethnic group: Chinese highest, Black Caribbean lowest.

Source: Adapted from Department for Education

Identify and explain one in-school factor which might account for the differences in educational achievement between ethnic groups shown in Item C.

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

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