Sociology A Level –
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, Compensatory Education Additional educational help given to socially disadvantaged groups to enable them
to have equal educational opportunities
Comprehensive Education A secondary or middle school that is a state school and does not select its intake on
the basis of academic achievement of aptitude.
Correspondence Principle A sociological theory that posits a close relationship between social standing and
the educational system.
Counter-School Culture An anti-school subculture that goes against the main culture (norms and values) of
the school. (Students not doing homework, disrupting lessons, and breaking school
rules.) They tend to be in the bottom streams and invariable working class. They
gain their status by doing disruptive things as the school system has labelled the
mas 'failures'.
Culture Capital Non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means.
Ex: education, intellect, style of speech, dress, or physical appearance
Cultural Reproduction Bourdieu
The major role of the education system. The reproduction of the culture of the
dominant classes. These groups have the power to impose meanings and as
legitimate. They are able to define their own culture as worthy of being sought and
possessed and to establish it as the basis of knowledge in the education system.
(The transmission of existing cultural values and norms from generation to
generation.)
Deferred Gratification (Middle class subculture)
Putting off today's pleasures for future gains
Immediate Gratification (Working class subculture)
Getting pleasures now, rather than putting them off for the future
Material Deprivation Poverty and a lack of material necessities such as adequate housing
Cultural Deprivation The theory that working class children are inadequately socialized, therefore, they
lack the skills they need to do well in education.
Deschooling Illich
An alternative form of education based on the abolition of formal schools.
Educational Acievement A narrow interpretation of this is the gaining of different levels of educational
qualification.
A concept that disagrees with some of the functionalist views on education.
Education 2026 | Study
Guide, Practice Questions,
Answers, Rationales &
Exam Review
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Rationales
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, Compensatory Education Additional educational help given to socially disadvantaged groups to enable them
to have equal educational opportunities
Comprehensive Education A secondary or middle school that is a state school and does not select its intake on
the basis of academic achievement of aptitude.
Correspondence Principle A sociological theory that posits a close relationship between social standing and
the educational system.
Counter-School Culture An anti-school subculture that goes against the main culture (norms and values) of
the school. (Students not doing homework, disrupting lessons, and breaking school
rules.) They tend to be in the bottom streams and invariable working class. They
gain their status by doing disruptive things as the school system has labelled the
mas 'failures'.
Culture Capital Non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means.
Ex: education, intellect, style of speech, dress, or physical appearance
Cultural Reproduction Bourdieu
The major role of the education system. The reproduction of the culture of the
dominant classes. These groups have the power to impose meanings and as
legitimate. They are able to define their own culture as worthy of being sought and
possessed and to establish it as the basis of knowledge in the education system.
(The transmission of existing cultural values and norms from generation to
generation.)
Deferred Gratification (Middle class subculture)
Putting off today's pleasures for future gains
Immediate Gratification (Working class subculture)
Getting pleasures now, rather than putting them off for the future
Material Deprivation Poverty and a lack of material necessities such as adequate housing
Cultural Deprivation The theory that working class children are inadequately socialized, therefore, they
lack the skills they need to do well in education.
Deschooling Illich
An alternative form of education based on the abolition of formal schools.
Educational Acievement A narrow interpretation of this is the gaining of different levels of educational
qualification.
A concept that disagrees with some of the functionalist views on education.
