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Formal Education | Learning particular subjects, in organised institutions, i.e. Schools |
Informal Education | Occurs through observing what goes on around us, through experience of life |
Functionalists | argue that the function of institutions such as education is to reproduce culture by socialising indivivuals into the key values and roles required for social standing |
Agent of social control | Individual or group that is responsible for ensuring members of society conform to socially acceptable behaviour |
Social mobility | movement of individuals up or down a social scale |
Social Cohesion | "STICKING TOGETHER" It describs the integration of a society into a unified whole |
Meritocracy | a social system in which rewards are allocated justly on the basis of merit rather than on factors such as class, gender, ethnicity |
De-schooling | the idea that schools should be abolished because the compulsory nature of schools hinders the learning process |
National Curriculum | subjects and subject content that must be studied by all children in state schools, in an attempt to standardise educational provision |
Ofsted | Government agency monitoring the quality of schools and teachers, in the UK |
SAT's | assessment method used at the end of each key stage of schooling |
Diploma | qualifications for 14 - 19's introduced as a pilot in 2008, with up to 10 subjects to choose from |
League Tables | lists produced by the government indicating the position of each school in comparison to others depending on their exam resultd |
Vocational | describes a course of qualification designed to provide more of a hands on approach to learning, by teaching in a practical manner |
Formal Curriculum | what children learn in their timetabled lessons |
Hidden curriculum | the ways in which the organisation of teaching, school regulations and routines, shape pupil attitude and behaviour, that is,what students learn at school, that is not taught in lesson |
Hidden curriculum | includes learning, rules, obedience, routine, dress code, gender role, achievement and competition |
Labelling | names/labels given to individuals by teachers (and others), which then influence the behaviour of those individuals and also influenece the way others respond to those individuals |
Self - fulfilling prophecy | people hear labels about themselves, from people who are more powerful then they are. They come to believe that the labels are true and then act as if they are true, therfore the LABELS become true |
SETTING | a way of dividing pupils into groups for particular subjecs based on their ability in those subjects |
STREAMIMG | a way of dividing pupils according to their supposed ability. A pupil will normally remain in the same stream across all areas of the curriculum |
ANTI-SCHOOL SUB-CULTURE | these are formed because pupils feel that they are not valued by the school or because thay do not identify with the value system and the goals of the school |
MIXED ABILITY | pupils of all ability levels are taught as one group |
CULTURAL CAPITAL | the desired skills, middle class parents pass on to their children |
UCAS | University & College Admissions Service. responsible for the allocation & administration of university & college places |
CRISIS OF MASCULINITY | the idea that men's perception of what a man is & how he ought to behave has been undermined by social & economic changes |
BREADWINNER | the person in the household who is the main income earner |
ETHNOCENTRIC CURRICULUM | schools are structured in a particular way including such aspects as school assemblies, history & language which reflects the culture of the majority |
TRIPARTITE SYSTEM | 3 types of secondary school based on IQ test at 11 yrs of age |
ELEVEN PLUS (part of tripartite system) | type of IQ test taken at 11yrs, determined if a child would attend grammer, technical or secondary modern |
NEW VOCATIONALISM | training aimed to equip the young with the skills & education required by a rapidly changing changing economy |
MARKETISATION OF EDUCATION | changes to the education system in the late 1980's, so that it became more business like |
EXCELLENCE IN CITIES (EiC) | launched Mar 1999, made a unique contribution to raising attainment of disadvantaged pupils in deprived cities & towns |
EDUCATION ACTION ZONE (EAZs) | designed to raise educational standards in the most challenging areas of the UK |
EDUCATIONAL MAINTANCE ALLOWANCE (EMA) | was paid to students directly, who stayed in education |
SECONDARY DATA | data that has been produced by other researchers |
PRIMARY DATA | data collected for the 1st time by the researcher, for a particular piece of research |
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