Education - Key Terms

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Social Mobility
The opportunity to achieve recognised qualifications
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Social Cohesion
The teaching of teamwork
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Meritocracy
System in which rewards are allocated justly rather than factors like gender, age and ethnicity
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Formal education
The teaching of subjects such as French
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National Curriculum
Subjects and content that must be studied by all students in state schools
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Ofsted
The government agency which judge the quality of schools and teachers
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League tables
Lists produced by government of best schools, depending on the school's overall exam performance
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Hidden Curriculum
The ways which the organisation of teaching which shapes a pupil's attitude and behaviour. What's not taught in lessons.
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
When an individual is given a label, and the person goes on to believe the label applied to them, causing them to believe the label is true, concluding to their labels becoming true
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Streaming
A way of dividing a student according to their academic ability
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Tripartite system
Three types of secondary school for different types of pupils, depending on results of exams based on their IQ
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Excellence in Cities (EiC)
A programme released in 1990 where a contribution is donated to disadvantaged pupils in most deprived areas
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Educational Maintenance Allowance
Money paid directly to student who stay on for further education after the age of 16.
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The teaching of teamwork

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Social Cohesion

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System in which rewards are allocated justly rather than factors like gender, age and ethnicity

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Card 4

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The teaching of subjects such as French

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Card 5

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Subjects and content that must be studied by all students in state schools

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