Innovators (Sewell) – those pupils who were pro-education but anti-school. Only conform as far as school work was concerned
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Internal factors – factors within schools and the education system, such as interactions between teachers and pupils, and inequalities between schools
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Legitimation – justifying something by making it seem fair and just. The main function of ideology
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Life chances – the chances that different social groups have of obtaining those things society regards as desirable or suffering those things regarded as undesirable
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Material deprivation – In education, the theory of material deprivation explains working-class underachievement as the result of the lack of such resources
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Myth of meritocracy – , but Bowles and Gintis claim that the meritocracy is an ideology legitimating inequality by falsely claiming that everyone has equal opportunity and that unequal rewards are the ‘natural’ result of unequal ability
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New vocationalism – the idea that education should be about meeting the needs of the economy by equipping them with the knowledge skills attitudes and values needed for work.
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Parentocracy – literally ‘rule by parents’. Associated with the marketised education systems which are based on the parental choice in schools.
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Post-Fordism – a type of industrial production. A highly skilled adaptable skilled workforce combined with technology allows the production to change to consumer demands.
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Pro-school subculture – pupils who gained status through academic success; their values are those of the school
