Education - A level Sociology

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Compensatory education Supplementary programs or services designed to help children at risk of cognitive impairment and low educational achievement succeed
Formal education education that takes place in formal setting of school. Involves learning specific subjects and then being tested through formal exams
Intelligence capacities + abilities related to the acquisition and demonstration of knowledge and skills such as problem solving
Meritocracy system based on equality of opportunity. those with ability and talent achieve their just rewards regardless of social class and their social characteristics
comprehensive education system where schools are open to all children, regardless of their ability to pay, where they live or prior educational achievement
correspondence principle neo-marxist theory that argues that the organisation of schools closely corresponds to the organisation + demands of the workplace
cultural reproduction marxist idea that higher social classes try to reproduce their leadership and privileges by investing time, money and resources in the education of their offspring
Streaming situation in which groups of children of different measured ability are taught separately in all subjects within formal education
Setting situation in which groups of children of different measured ability are taught separately in specific classes e.g. math, english
Ideological state apparatus (ISA) marxist concept that argues that institutions such as schools encourage values favourable to the interests of a ruling class in capitalist societies
vocationalism the knowledge and skills required for specific types of employment
gendered curriculum situation in which males and females choose or are given different subjects to study
educational achievement a narrow interpretation of this idea refers to the gaining of different levels of educational qualification
gender stereotyping the practice of assigning particular characteristics to whole gender groups, such as males and females regardless of their individual differences
Particularistic Standards Within family:- Child is judged by particularistic standards; not compared to everyone else or judged by a clear measure of achievement
Universalistic Standards In the school, the child is judge according to a universalistic standard. This just means that the child is judged by a clear measure of achievement (or expectation of behaviour) that is also applied to every other child.
social claSS individual's position in a class-based system of social stratification, usually defined by occupation
social mobility ability to move up or down the class structure
social inequality unequal distribution of resources in any system such as education (e.g. some students treated unfairly due to class, gender and ethnicity)
social capital extent to which people are connected to social networks + how this can be used to person's advantage
equality of opportunity absence of discrimination within institutions such as school
marketisation process whereby supply and consumption of educational goods are opened up to private and public competition
cultural capital anything in person's background that gives them an advantage over others. e.g. higher educational achievements - person tries to exchange them in the workplace (high pay)
inequality any situation that lacks equality; may be due to natural differences e.g. social differences)
cultural deprivation cause of educational underachievement, cultural dep. suggests a lack of important cultural resources (e.g. parental encouragement)

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