n-z Flashcards
national curriculum
what every pupil in a state school must learn, which is decided by the government
New vocationalism
A series of measures that showed the importance of work related education
NVQ
national vocational qualification
parity of esteem
equal status, equally valued
private schools
fee paying schools
public schools
the top fee paying private schools
public subcultures
formation of 2 distinct subcultures: pro school or anti-school
role allocation
sifting and sorting pupils in order to get them into their future roles
self-fulfilling prophecy
phenomenon of someone predicting something and then that event or action then happens or the labelled correspond to the label, either in terms of delinquent behaviour of educational achievement
setting
divides pupils into groups (sets) for particular subjects based on their ability on that subject
streaming
pupils are divided into different streams according to their ability, the pupil will remain in the same stream across all areas of the curriculum
specialist schools
schools which have a certain/particular focus within their curriculum
secondary modern school
school for people that did not achieve scores in the top 25% of the 11+ exams (SATS)
SATS
standard assessment tests given at the end of y2, y6 and y9, used to show childs progress,
sure start
uk government initiative with the aim of giving children the best possible start in life
this might be through:
improvement in childcare, early education, health and family support etc
