Education

Question 1

Comprehensive school

Answer 1

Based on the idea of one type of school for all children living in the area

Question 2

Meritocracy

Answer 2

Individuals rewarded on the basis of their talent, merit or ability rather than their social background

Question 3

Private school

Answer 3

A school you pay to go to unless the school gives you a scholarship

Question 4

Hidden curriculum

Answer 4

Attitudes, values & behaviour which students learn in-directly in school.
Not part of the syllabus for a subject

Question 5

Material deprivation

Answer 5

Lack of income which prevents poorer children from fulfilling their true potential

Question 6

Cultural deprivation

Answer 6

Students do not have the support from parents towards their education

Question 7

Cultural difference

Answer 7

Not deprived at home but simply brought up with different values to that of values of the school

Question 8

Cultural capital

Answer 8

Knowledge which can help you succeed in school

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Putting students in specific subjects based on ability

Question 10

Streaming

Answer 10

Putting students in all their subjects based on ability

Question 11

Ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 11

Schools structured in a way which tends to reflect British culture

Question 12

Teacher/pupil interactions

Answer 12

Schools = opportunities
Evidence suggests children from ethnic minorities experience racism within school (teachers and pupils - stereotyping, labelling, capability)

Question 13

Parentocracy

Answer 13

Giving power to parents

Question 14

Free school

Answer 14

Schools which receive state funding but can be set up by individuals or business and have less interference by the state.

Question 15

Faith school

Answer 15

Schools associated with a specific religion

Question 16

Tri-partite system

Answer 16

Three types of school where you need to do the 11+ exam to know which school you go to

Question 17

Grammar school

Answer 17

A school which selects based on ability

Question 17

School subculture

Answer 17

Group of students with a set of norms/values which are different to other students

Question 17

Independent school

Answer 17

Top private school such as Eton or Harrow

Question 17

Public school

Answer 17

Another term to describe a private school where you have to pay to attend

Question 18

Vocational education

Answer 18

Relating what is taught to the world of work

Question 19

Material deprivation

Answer 19

When students come from homes which have little money and resources

Question 20

Comprehensive school

Answer 20

School which takes students of all abilities and from any background

Question 21

Hidden curriculum

Answer 21

What students learn in a school which is not the content of lessons

Question 22

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 22

When students act out the label they are given

Question 23

Higher education

Answer 23

University

Question 24

Cultural deprivation

Answer 24

When students lack the support from their parents

Question 25

National curriculum

Answer 25

What governments tell schools they have to teach

Question 26

De-schooling

Answer 26

An argument which suggest that traditional schooling should be replaced with alternative education, such as home schooling

Question 27

Cultural capital

Answer 27

The knowledge that middle class students gain in their family