Education: Class and Achievement

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The system that the British Government introduced to ensure achievement was based on effort and ability only.
Meritocratic
1 of 20
The process where schools high in the league tables are able to chose the best pupils to maintain their league table position.
Cream-skimming
2 of 20
The sociologist associated with labelling theory.
Becker
3 of 20
A prophecy that comes true simply because it was made
Self-fulfilling
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Rosenthal and ________ put argue that this a prophecy is created when a teacher labels a pupil
Jacobsen
5 of 20
Streaming is a method of ______ labelling
Formal
6 of 20
Completed a studied about the effects of streaming on pupils placed in the lowest streams
Hargreaves
7 of 20
Found that the IQ of pupils in the lowest streams falls over time
Douglas
8 of 20
Gilbert and Yodel argues that the pressure for schools to perform in league tables has created educational ______
Triage
9 of 20
Talks about the polarisation of subcultures
Lacey
10 of 20
Anti-school subcultures are a way for pupils in low streams to gain ______ among their peers by engaging in deviant behaviour
Status
11 of 20
Puts forward the idea of material deprivation causing class differences
Whitty
12 of 20
Bernstein argues that working class pupils are disadvantaged in the education system because they aren't socialised to use __________ speech code
Elaborated
13 of 20
Type of gratification that means rewards are expected straight away
Immediate
14 of 20
Value of whatever will be will be
Fatalism
15 of 20
________ argues that the working class underachieve because they are socialised will the wrong values
Sugarman
16 of 20
Argues that the working class underachieve because their parents are less interested in their education than middle class parents. Uses absence at parents evenings as an example.
Douglas
17 of 20
A marxist whose theory combines cultural and material factors
Bourdieu
18 of 20
The name of the theory that combines cultural and material deprivation
Cultural Capital
19 of 20
Argues that the difference between the class in terms for achievement is simply because the middle class are more intelligent
Eysenck
20 of 20

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Card 2

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The process where schools high in the league tables are able to chose the best pupils to maintain their league table position.

Back

Cream-skimming

Card 3

Front

The sociologist associated with labelling theory.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

A prophecy that comes true simply because it was made

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Rosenthal and ________ put argue that this a prophecy is created when a teacher labels a pupil

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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