Education Flashcards
Curriculum
The courses and subject content taught by a school
Setting
When students ar placed into groups of simular ability for each subject
Streaming
When students are placed into ability groups and taught in these groups for all their subjects
Teacher expectations
The standards a teacher might expect from a student or group of students
Labelling
The process of a certain characteristic becoming attached to an individual or group of people
Self fulfilling prophecy
When a person who has been labelled begins to live up to the label.
Achieved status
The social positions that people earn from their talents or what they have done
Life chances
The prospects an individual has of success in the things that they do
Social inequality
The uneven spread of resources and opportunities across society
Social mobility
The movement up or down between the different layers or classes of society
Transmission
When something is passed on
Hidden curriculum
Things that students learn in school but aren’t taught formally.
Social cohesion
The idea of people in society being brought together, perhaps by shared values and attitudes
Anti school subculture
A group of students who don’t accept and fight against the values of the school
Homeschooling
When students are taught by parents or tutors rather than at school
De-schooling
The idea that we should get rid of education system that it currently is
Correspondence principal
The idea that the way that schools train up student mirrors how workers should behave in the workplace.
League tables
The results published each year which shows how well schools have performed compared to each other
Mixed ability
Classes that are not organised by setting or streaming, but have more and less able students.
Public examination
Exams that are set and marked externally, rather than by the school
Meritocratic principles
The idea that the achievements of individuals are based on their own talents and efforts, rather than other factors
Cultural capital
The values, attitudes and knowledge that middle class children are provided with that sets them up to do well at school
Cultural deprivation
The theory that students of certain backgrounds will struggle to succeed at school because they haven’t been socialised with the correct norms and values
Capitalism
The economic system which allows and encourages people to make as much money for themselves as they can
