Education Key Terms Flashcards
Agency
The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
Capitalism
An economic and political system in which property, business and industry (the means of production) are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Collective Conscience
A set of shared beliefs, attitudes, values and knowledge shared by all members of a group or society.
Cultural Capital
The possession of cultural characteristics valued by the ruling class that can give you advantages in life. This may include educational qualifications, but may also include your vocabulary, your knowledge of the arts etc.
Cultural Deprivation
Being deprived of the attributes necessary for educational success. Cultural attributes may include basic literacy, attitudes and values.
Compensatory Education
Additional educational provision for disadvantaged children to give them a helping hand to compete on equal terms.
Deterministic
Deterministic theories believe that individual’s don’t have any choice about how they behave. Human behaviour is determined by social structures and circumstances.
Ethnicity
groups within a population regarded by themselves (or by others) as culturally distinctive and different. Members of an ethnic group usually see themselves as having a common origin, and they may share some practices or beliefs, like religious beliefs.
Ethnocentric
believing that the history, customs and traditions of your own race or nationality are superior to those of other races.
Globalisation
the process of all parts of the world becoming interconnected, so that national boundaries become less important.
Hidden Curriculum
the unwritten rules, values and behaviours that students are expected to conform to and learn while in school e.g. punctuality or respect for authority.
Ideology
a set of beliefs that promotes the interests of one group at the expense of others.
Institutional Racism
the failure of an organisation or institution to provide an effective service for people because of their colour or ethnicity. The organisation’s processes, attitudes and behaviours will discriminate - often unconsciously - through prejudice and racial stereotyping.
Labelling
when labels or names are attached to people, ascribing certain characteristics to those individuals. Labels are often simplified and draw upon stereotypes.
