takes place in classrooms, where there is a syllabus and set content to be taught and learnt
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informal education
takes place outside classrooms at home or work through daily interactions
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hidden curriculum
the informal teaching done in schools that socializes children to societal norms
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socialisation
the process of learning culture
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secondary socialisation
socialisation following primary socialisation
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social expectations
ways in which people are expected to behave in certain situations
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social control
ways in which people are forced to behave a certain way
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sanctions
ways children are reprimanded for something they've done
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rewards
ways in which children are praised for something they've done
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functions of education
ways in which education contributes to society
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social mobility
movement up or down the social hierarchy
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equality of opportunity
when everyone has the same chances of success
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meritocracy
a system in which individuals reach deserving social positions based on skills, achievements and talent
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post-cumpulsory education
education following the school-leaving age
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state schools
schools established by the government
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private school
school not run or controlled by the government
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faith schools
schools controlled by a religious organisation
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selective education
pupils selected and excluded on the basis of their academic ability
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comprehensive system
non-selective schools accepting all children in the area
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cultural capital
the knowledge, habits, and tastes learned from parents and family that individuals can use to gain access to scarce and valuable resources in society
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educational inequality
when different groups (CAGE) are treated differently or have different levels of educational achievement
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positive discrimination
giving disadvantaged groups better treatment
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social factors
things that affect lifestyle
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discrimination
when one group's treated unfairly
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ethnocentrism
seeing other cultures from the point of view of your own
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intelligence
how clever someone is
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social stratification
different levels into which societies are divided based on wealth, power and status
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educational achievement
how well individuals do in the school system
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labelling
defining someone in a certain way so that's expected of them
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streaming
teaching children of similar ability in the same classes for all classes
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material deprivation
standard of living in the home background of children that prevent them from achieving in education
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home factors
factors in the home background of children affecting how they do in school
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cultural deprivation
aspects of values and attitudes from the family background preventing children from achieving in education
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immediate gratification
having short-term aims and wanting rewards straight away
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deferred gratification
having long-term aims and being willing to postpone rewards
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restricted code
informal form of language used with close friends and family
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elaborated code
formal language used in careful detail
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school factors
factors at school affecting children's educational achievement
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self-fulfilling prophecy
an expectation that causes people to act in ways that make that expectation come true
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setting
teaching children of similar ability in the same classes for particular classes
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IQ tests
Intelligence quotient tests involve answering questions that are then used to work out a score in which supposedly indicates how intelligent the person is
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official curriculum
subjects and lessons and their content
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vocationalism
vocational education prepares people for work or trains them for particular jobs or careers
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life chances
the opportunities that individuals have to improve their lives
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anti school subculture
the norms and values of a group of pupils that reject the school's values
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culture of masculinity
norms and values that involve supposedly masculine characteristics
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