Education- Terms Flashcards
Banding
Pupils are speared into different ability groups or classes and each ability group is taught differently
A to C economy
Schools ration their time, effort and recourses concentrating on the pupils that will get the school the most Cs or above and boosts the schools league table position
Comprehensivisation
Non selective education system where all children attend the same type of secondary school- 1965
Deferred gratification
Postponing immediate pleasure or reward in order to achieve a greater reward eg revising for exams rather than going out with friends, this tends to be a middle class characteristic
Fordism
Type of industrial production based on mass production and detailed division of labour amongst the low skilled workers
Post-fordism
Type of industrial production- highly skilled, adaptable workforce and technology, flexible specialisation to respond quickly to demands of consume
Hidden curriculum
Things that are learnt without being formally taught, often acquired through everyday workings if the school eg obedience to authority
Legitimation of inequality
Education system produces ideologies that disguise it’s true cause and persuades workers to accept that inequality is inevitable
Marketisation
Schools acting like business to promote competition and parental choice
Polarisation
Creation of two opposite extremes, labelling and steaming leads to pro school and anti school subcultures
Self fulfilling prophecy
Prediction made about a person or group becomes true because it has been made (student doing badly because they’ve been labelled)
Restricted code
Speech typically used by working class- limited vocabulary, short and often unfinished sentences, descriptive not analytic, context bound
Elaborated code
Typically used by the middle class- wider vocabulary, longer and more complex sentences, varied and abstract ideas, context free
Subculture
Group of people who share norms, values and beliefs and attitudes are in some ways different from mainstream culture
