Sociology: Education Keyterms

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The system comprising three types of school (Grammar, Technical, Modern)
Tripartite System
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Subjects and subject content which must be studied by all children in state schools- in an attempt to standardise educational provision
National Curriculum
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These examine society in terms of how it is maintained for the comon good
Consensus Perspectives
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Those schools that admitted students whose 11+ results indicated academic ability
Grammar Schools
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Fee charging schools which are independent of the state sector
Private Schools
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The most prestigious and oldest schools, including Eton and Harrow. so called because they were open to the fee paying public, not just those who attend a particular church, and, at the time they only alternative was private tutoring.
Public Schools
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Inadequacies in the localisation process and the impact that these might have on achievement
Cultural Deprivation
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A technical name for poverty and its effects on education attainment
Material Deprivation
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Everything which is taught within school in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and values
Curriculm
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Groups of students who actively oppose the norms and values of the school
Anti-School Subculture
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Those who examine social context at the level of individuals exploring how they negotiate meanings and power relationships and form identities
Internationalist Sociologists
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The phenomenon by which, through a range of processes, labels, attached to students become true- regardless of their accuracy
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
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Movement in education which argues that students should be exposed to a wide range of academic disciplines in order to produce rounded and critical thinkers
Liberal Education
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The way in which individuals in society are divided into levels of status, such as in the class system
Stratification
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Movement form the 1980's onward which aimed to focus school curriculum to better meat the needs of business and industry
New Vocationalism
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Taught within school according to its stated aims
Official Curriculum
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Those who examine the society as system, exploring how institutions operate together to make a society work. these structures shape individuals leading them to behave in certain ways
Structuralism Sociologists
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The idea that everyone has an equal chance to succeed in education. this notion implies that everyone should leave education with the same reward
Equality of Opportunity
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The ability to move up or down from them social class in which they were born
Social Mobility
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The education delivered by non-specialised such as the family, work or religious groups
Informal Education
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Education delivered by specially created institutions such as schools, colleges and universities
Formal Education
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The practice of putting off rewards in order to attain greater ones in the future
Deffered Gratification
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Emphasis on taking rewards at the earliest opportunity
Immediate Gratification
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Subjects and subject content which must be studied by all children in state schools- in an attempt to standardise educational provision

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National Curriculum

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These examine society in terms of how it is maintained for the comon good

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Those schools that admitted students whose 11+ results indicated academic ability

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Fee charging schools which are independent of the state sector

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