Education

Question 1

Curriculum

Answer 1

The courses and subject content taught by a school

Question 2

Setting

Answer 2

When students ar placed into groups of simular ability for each subject

Question 3

Streaming

Answer 3

When students are placed into ability groups and taught in these groups for all their subjects

Question 4

Teacher expectations

Answer 4

The standards a teacher might expect from a student or group of students

Question 5

Labelling

Answer 5

The process of a certain characteristic becoming attached to an individual or group of people

Question 6

Self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 6

When a person who has been labelled begins to live up to the label.

Question 7

Achieved status

Answer 7

The social positions that people earn from their talents or what they have done

Question 8

Life chances

Answer 8

The prospects an individual has of success in the things that they do

Question 9

Social inequality

Answer 9

The uneven spread of resources and opportunities across society

Question 10

Social mobility

Answer 10

The movement up or down between the different layers or classes of society

Question 11

Transmission

Answer 11

When something is passed on

Question 12

Hidden curriculum

Answer 12

Things that students learn in school but aren’t taught formally.

Question 13

Social cohesion

Answer 13

The idea of people in society being brought together, perhaps by shared values and attitudes

Question 14

Anti school subculture

Answer 14

A group of students who don’t accept and fight against the values of the school

Question 15

Homeschooling

Answer 15

When students are taught by parents or tutors rather than at school

Question 16

De-schooling

Answer 16

The idea that we should get rid of education system that it currently is

Question 17

Correspondence principal

Answer 17

The idea that the way that schools train up student mirrors how workers should behave in the workplace.

Question 18

League tables

Answer 18

The results published each year which shows how well schools have performed compared to each other

Question 19

Mixed ability

Answer 19

Classes that are not organised by setting or streaming, but have more and less able students.

Question 20

Public examination

Answer 20

Exams that are set and marked externally, rather than by the school

Question 21

Meritocratic principles

Answer 21

The idea that the achievements of individuals are based on their own talents and efforts, rather than other factors

Question 22

Cultural capital

Answer 22

The values, attitudes and knowledge that middle class children are provided with that sets them up to do well at school

Question 23

Cultural deprivation

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Capitalism

Answer 24

The economic system which allows and encourages people to make as much money for themselves as they can