Sociology- Education Key Terms

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Explain what is meant by the term anti-school subculture?
Groups of students who actively oppose the norms and values of the school.
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Explain what is meant by the term compesatory education?
Making more resources available to schools in poorer areas to compensate for deprivation.
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Explain what is meant by the term cultural deprivation?
Inadequacies in the socialisation process, and the impacts they might have on achievement.
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Explain what is meant by the term ethnocentric curriculum?
British Education was referenced on one ethnicity of White,English groups,therefore the curicculum was biased towards other ethnitic backgrounds.
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Explain what is meant by the term educational action zones?
Inner city areas which are targeted with additional funding which can be spent in imaginative ways to enrich educational provision.
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Explain what is meant by the term hidden curriculum?
The informal learning of particular values and attitudes in schools.
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Explain what is meant by the term linguistic deprivation?
Inadequacies and limitations in a person’s language that may undermine educational success.
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Explain what is meant by the term material deprivation?
Lack of money that leads to disadvantages such as unhealthy diet, poor housing, lack of educational resources.
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Explain what is meant by the term marketisation?
The move towards educational provision being determined by market forces and creating competition between schools.
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Explain what is meant by the term national curriculum?
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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Explain what is meant by the term role allocation?
The system of allocating people to roles which suit their aptitudes and capabilities.
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Explain what is meant by the term streaming/ setting?
Where students are taught in groups according to their perceived ability.
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Explain what is meant by the term tripartite system?
The system comprising of 3 different types of school ( grammar, secondary modern and secondary technical) established under the butler act 1944.
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Explain what is meant by the term vocational education?
Education designed to teach the particular skills needed for particular occupations.
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Explain what is meant by the term cultural capital?
Cultural capital refers to non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means.
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