Knowledge, attitudes, values, languages, tastes and abilities that the middle class transmit to their children
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Compensatory Education
Government education policies such as HEADSTART in USA. Tackle under- achievement, extra support & funding to schools and families in deprived areas
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Collectivism
Being part of a group. MIDDLE- CLASS believe individuals should not be held back by group loyalties
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Differential Educational Achievement
Different levels of achievement based on SOCIAL CLASS, GENDER, ETHNICITY & AGE
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Deferred Gratification
Simply working hard and being rewarded at the end
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Ethnocentric
Seeing or judging things in a biased way from viewpoint of one particular culture
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Equality of Opportunity
Everyone gets an equal chance to enable them to have success
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Fatalism
Belief in fate- nothing can do to change status
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Hidden Curriculum
All those things leant without being formally taught. Often through everyday workings of the school. Also learnt away from school
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Immediate Gratification
setting short term sims and wanting the rewards straight away, rather than waiting for them in the future
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League Tables
Tables where schools are places- rank order of sucess
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Labelling
Descriptive of a person, group or intellectual movement
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Multicultural Education
Accept all ethnicity cultures into a school
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Meritocracy
Where people work for their own success based on their achievements
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Myth of Meritocracy
FUNCTIONALISTS argue- education system is 'meroticratic', but BOWELS & GINTIS- meritocracy supports inequality by falsely claiming that everyone has equal opportunities
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Marketisation
When schools compete against each other like a market place- make themselves more appealing
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Public Schools
An elite private school
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Present Time Orientation
Seeing the present is more important than future and so not having long term goals or plans. MIDDLE CLASS CULTURE has a future time orientation that sees planning for the future important
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Streaming
When you are put into groups based on the ability of a subjetc
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Streaming
When you are put into groups based on the ability of a subject
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Secondary Education
Something that takes place after primary school/ education between ages of 11-16
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Self- fulfilling Prohecy
Prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true
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State Education
Education provided by the government/ payed by taxation. NO FEES
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Tripartite System
System of secondary education created by the 1944 EDUCATION ACT- based on 3 types of schools. Although replaces in most areas, still continues in SOME
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Vocational
A course that is linked to a career
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Government education policies such as HEADSTART in USA. Tackle under- achievement, extra support & funding to schools and families in deprived areas
Back
Compensatory Education
Card 3
Front
Being part of a group. MIDDLE- CLASS believe individuals should not be held back by group loyalties
Back
Card 4
Front
Different levels of achievement based on SOCIAL CLASS, GENDER, ETHNICITY & AGE
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