Definitions Flashcards
(28 cards)
What does Prevent Strategy mean?
Strategy to reduce religious extremism.
What is vocational education?
Combination of work experience and college based learning.
What is parentocracy?
When parents have more choice and power in the education system.
What are league tables?
Public display of school results.
What is Sure Start?
Policy that helps support children in deprived area.
What is marketistation?
When a school is run like a business.
What is privatisation?
The process of bringing private companies into education.
What is OFSTED?
An organisation that measures the success of schools.
What is secondary socialisation?
Teaching of norms and values that happens in education.
What is ‘society in miniature’?
Education mimics wider society. Preps pupils for it.
What is social solidarity?
When society works better and is united.
What is role allocation?
Most talented people given correct occupation to suit their ability and help society function.
What is the organic analogy?
Idea that society is like the human body.
What are particularistic values?
When children are treated as special and individual within home.
What are universalistic values?
When everyone is treated the same outside of the home.
What does ‘sift and sort’ mean?
Pupils are sorted in terms of ability to ensure most talented get most important jobs.
What are specialist skills?
People are trained to take on specific roles and occupations within society.
What is meritocracy?
Everyone has an equal chance to succeed regardless of class/gender/age etc.
Achievement is based on own effort and ability.
What is consumer choice?
Education should be a choice for people who pay for it.
What is economic capital?
Greater wealth allows m/c parents to get their children into the best schools.
What is social capital?
m/c parents can use social connections to give their children the best education.
What is the national curriculum?
Set of guidelines for what is taught at school.
What is cultural capital?
Knowledge, skills and taste of m/c that helps them succeed in education.
What is the correspondence principle?
Schools mimics work. Preps pupils for world of work.
