The Role Of Education Key Words Flashcards
Correspondence theory
Bowles and Gintis’ theory that various aspects of economic production have corresponding features in the education system
Capitalist relations of production
How members of the workforce are organised in relation to each other under capitalism with few at the top making all the decisions and giving to orders
Cultural capital
Cultural skills, such as knowing how to behave, speak and learn, passed on by middle-class parents to their children
Equality of opportunity
Every person having the same chances
Hidden curriculum
The informal learning of particular values and attitudes in schools
Ideology
A set of interconnected ideas that serve the interests of a particular group
Ideological control
Getting people to behave in a desired way by convincing them that it is in their interests to behave in that way
Individualism
The belief that individuals are far more important than other social groups
Meritocracy
System where people are rewarded on the basis of ability and talent
Myth of meritocracy
The view that it is not true that the education system rewards pupils on the basis of merit
Particularistic standards
Judgements based on the exclusive views if a particular group
Schooling
The process of compulsory education
Secondary education
Education between the ages of 11 and 16
Specialist schools
Schools that have a particular focus within their curriculum and links to specialist areas of work. They can select 10 per cent of their intake on the basis of ability
State education
Education provided by local and central governments
