Education Flashcards
Comprehensive school
Based on the idea of one type of school for all children living in the area
Meritocracy
Individuals rewarded on the basis of their talent, merit or ability rather than their social background
Private school
A school you pay to go to unless the school gives you a scholarship
Hidden curriculum
Attitudes, values & behaviour which students learn in-directly in school.
Not part of the syllabus for a subject
Material deprivation
Lack of income which prevents poorer children from fulfilling their true potential
Cultural deprivation
Students do not have the support from parents towards their education
Cultural difference
Not deprived at home but simply brought up with different values to that of values of the school
Cultural capital
Knowledge which can help you succeed in school
Setting
Putting students in specific subjects based on ability
Streaming
Putting students in all their subjects based on ability
Ethnocentric curriculum
Schools structured in a way which tends to reflect British culture
Teacher/pupil interactions
Schools = opportunities
Evidence suggests children from ethnic minorities experience racism within school (teachers and pupils - stereotyping, labelling, capability)
Parentocracy
Giving power to parents
Free school
Schools which receive state funding but can be set up by individuals or business and have less interference by the state.
Faith school
Schools associated with a specific religion
Tri-partite system
Three types of school where you need to do the 11+ exam to know which school you go to
Grammar school
A school which selects based on ability
School subculture
Group of students with a set of norms/values which are different to other students
Independent school
Top private school such as Eton or Harrow
Public school
Another term to describe a private school where you have to pay to attend
Vocational education
Relating what is taught to the world of work
Material deprivation
When students come from homes which have little money and resources
Comprehensive school
School which takes students of all abilities and from any background
Hidden curriculum
What students learn in a school which is not the content of lessons
Self-fulfilling prophecy
When students act out the label they are given
Higher education
University
Cultural deprivation
When students lack the support from their parents
National curriculum
What governments tell schools they have to teach
De-schooling
An argument which suggest that traditional schooling should be replaced with alternative education, such as home schooling
Cultural capital
The knowledge that middle class students gain in their family
