Unit 5: Education - Keywords

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formal education

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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social conformity

fitting in with social expectations for behaviour

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single-sex schools

schools that take either only boys or only girls

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