Class And Educational Acievement Key Words

Question 0

Cultural deprivation

Answer 0

Some pupils’ backgrounds are in some way deficient or inferior

Question 1

Compensatory education

Answer 1

Making more resources available to schools in poorer areas in order to compensate for deprivation

Question 2

Cultural difference

Answer 2

Pupils’ backgrounds are simply different and that mismatch with the culture of the school places them at a disadvantage

Question 3

Differential educational attainment

Answer 3

The extent to which educational achievement differed between social groups

Question 4

Material deprivation

Answer 4

Lack of money leading to disadvantages such as an unhealthy diet and unsatisfactory housing

Question 5

Positive discrimination

Answer 5

Treating certain groups more favourably than others, usually to overcome disadvantages

Question 6

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 6

A prediction that causes the outcome it predicts

Question 7

Tripartite system

Answer 7

System that offered three types of school with students being allocated according to abilities and the results of the 11+ test