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What ways is the education system fair to everyone

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Free

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National curriculum

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What is social order

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Keeping society stable

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What is division of labour

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Different specialised jobs that involves specific individual tasks by a specific person

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What is meritocracy

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People getting ahead based on their accomplishments rather than their social class

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What is myth of meritocracy

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One’s efforts into education doesn’t determine how well they do

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What is subculture

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Little cultures within a big culture

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What is neoliberalism

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New freedom governments not getting involved

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What is dependency culture

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Relying on benefit which makes you lazy

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What is parentocracy

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System where parents have influence over schools

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What is male gaze

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Woman being seen as sexual objects

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What is double standards

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Being treated differently based on your gender

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What is structural theory

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Individuals being controlled by society

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What is macro approach

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Large scale of theories about society

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Micro approach

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Focuses on individuals and small groups rather than large structures

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What does consensus mean

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General agreement

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What does conflict mean

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Disagreement

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What is secondary socialisation

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A child learning values , beliefs through those outside famiky

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What is bridge analogy

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Passage of ideas connecting those in different places

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What is ascribed status

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Social status of a person that is assigned at birth

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what is achieved status

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The social position that a person acquires from earning it

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What is anomie

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Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group

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What is it meant by one size fits all

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Suitable for all circumstances everyone being treated the same

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What is false class conscious

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Marxist theory on not being able to recognise inequality in a capitalist society

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What is hidden curriculum

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Unwritten rules and unspoken expectations

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What is anti school subculture

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Marxist view
Make working class lads subverted the values of school

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What is post fordism

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The name of the dominant system of the economic production consumption

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What is metranarrative

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Post modernists don’t accept a big story in how something works

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