AQA AS Education Keywords

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Capitalist relations of production
How members of the workforce are organized in relation to each other under capitalism. (Usually hierarchical)
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Correspondence theory
Bowles and Gintis's theory that various aspects of work have corresponding features in the education system (uniform; teachers are like the bosses and students are like the employees)
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Cultural capital
Cultural skills, such as knowing how to behave, speak and learn , passed on by middle-class parents to their children.
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Equality of opportunity
Every person having the same chances.
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Hidden curriculum
The informal learning of particular values and attitudes in schools.
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Ideology
A set of interconnected ideas that serve the interests of a particular group.
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Ideological control
Getting people to behave in a desired way by convincing them that it is in their interests to behave in that way.
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Individualism
The belief that individuals are far more important than social groups.
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Liberals
Open-minded people who believe in personal freedom, democracy and the rights of others.
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Meritocracy
System where people are rewarded on the basis of ability and talent.
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Myth of meritocracy
The view that it is not true that the education system rewards pupils on the basis of merit.
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Particularistic standards
Judgements based on the exclusive views of a particular group.
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Schooling
The process of compulsory education
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Secondary education
Education between the ages of 11-16
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Specialist schools
Schools that have a particular focus within their curriculum and links to specialist areas of work (Languages, science,etc) they can select 10% of their intake on the basis of ability
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State education
Education provided by local and central governments
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Universalistic standards
Judgements based upon universally agreed principles.
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Compensatory education
Making more resources available to schools in poorer areas in order to compensate for deprivation
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Cultural disadvantage
'cultural deprivation' theory suggests that some pupils' backgrounds are in some way deficient or inferior.
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Differential educational achievement (DEA)
The extent to which educational achievement differs between social groups.
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Educational maintenance allowance (EMA)
A means-tested sum of up to £30 a week, given to post-16 students to support them in meeting the daily costs of coming to school
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Material deprivation
Lack of money leading to disadvantages such as an unhealthy diet and unsatisfactory housing.
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Positive discrimination
Treating certain groups more favourably than others, usually to help overcome disadvantages.
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
A prediction that cause the outcome it predicts.
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Tripartite system
System that offered 3 types of school (Grammar, Technical and secondary modern) with students allocated according to abilities and the results of the 11+ test.
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Anomaly
An odd, peculiar or strange condition, situation, quality,etc.
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Discourse
A set of ideas that tell us how to make sense of the world, what kind of questions to ask, what counts as a problem and how to solve problems.
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Ethnocentric
Emphasizing white middle-class culture at the expense of other cultures.
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Institutional racism
Racism that is built into the normal day-to-day practices of an organization.
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Multicultural Education
Education that recognizes cultural diversity.
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Service sector
A group of economic activities loosely organized around finance, retail and personal care.
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Coping strategies
ways of 'getting by' in an unpleasant situation
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Peer-group status
Being seen as 'big' or important in the eyes of friends and other people around you.
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PSE
Personal and social education. sometimes known as PSHE.
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Manufacturing industry
Industries that actually make goods. Most of the work in such industries is manual and based in factories.
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Adaptations
Refers here to different ways of responding to compulsory schooling (by being a teachers pet or by doing your own thing)
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Conspicuous consumption
Public enjoyment of possessions that are known to be expensive so that the ability to pay off such things is 'shown off'
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Ethos
The arrangement, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture or organization
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Heterosexist
Biased against homosexuals
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Homogeneous
The same throughout, undifferentiated
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Homophobic
Fearing that homosexuals pose a threat of some kind.
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League tables
Rank ordering of schools according to their test and exam results.
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Liberal professional
University-educated people who tend to be open-minded and encourage personal freedom and self-expression, and who tend to work in areas that enable this outlook to thrive
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Remasculinization of the vocational curriculum
Term used by Mac an Ghaill to describe the process whereby higher-status subjects such as Business studies and technology, come to be dominated by boys, while girls are more often on lower-level or stereo-typically female courses.
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Streaming
Where pupils are taught in groups according to their perceived ability.
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YTS
Youth Training Scheme
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11+
IQ test taken at the age of 11 to determine what sort of school you would attend under the tripartite system.
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IQ tests
Supposedly objective tests that establish a person's IQ
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Marketization
The move towards educational provision being determined by market forces.
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National Curriculum
What every pupil in every state school must learn, decided by the government.
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New vocationalism
A series of measures in the 1980's that reemphasized the importance of work-related education.
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Parity of Esteem
Equal status, equally valued
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Public schools
The top private fee-paying schools (Eton, Harrow, etc)
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Secondary education
Education between the ages of 11-16
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Social Democratic perspective
Supports the view that a democratically elected government can work to reduce the perceived injustices of the capitalist market system
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Social exclusion
The situation where people are unable to achieve a quality of life that would be regarded as acceptable by most people.
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Vocational
Work-related
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Bowles and Gintis's theory that various aspects of work have corresponding features in the education system (uniform; teachers are like the bosses and students are like the employees)

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Correspondence theory

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Every person having the same chances.

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