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Cliques

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small groups held together by self-defined set of norms or taboos

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James Coleman

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examined the adolescent society exploring rules governing relations between teenagers.

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Manifest function

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Obvious role of education, training, preparation for the job market

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Latent function

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hidden role of socialisation, teaching us key social values, learning to interact

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Hidden Curriculum

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The surreptitious way in which children are taught to expect a certain place in society

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Identity Crisis

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Erikson’s term for the challenge faced in adolescence of reconciling your own sense of self and ability, the expectations of others, and your position in society

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Competence

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children move from play to work

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Fidelity

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adolescents struggle with who they are and what they can be

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Todtal Institution

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Foucaults term for a social institution that is spends the entire time

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Formal education

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education in recognised and accredited schools

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Informal education

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education that is self taught from outside institutions

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Meritocracy

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social rank that should depend on the individuals ability not on the birth or wealth

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Credentialism

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Addition of qualification requirement to take a job

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Trophy child

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treating one’s child as a status symbol

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desegregation

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attempt to ensure mixed-ethnicity schools by.

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Streaming

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practice of sorting children into classes or schools by educational achievement at young age

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liberal arts

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the education required to be a free citizen, able to take a full part in civic/political life, and capable of informed, rational debate

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Critical thinking

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ability to understand complex arguments, to think independently, to tackle unfamiliar ideas and to express yourself verbally

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‘Banking’ model of education

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students treated as empty bank accounts to be filled with valuable knowledge by teacher.

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Critical Pedagogy

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teaching inspired by Freire that encourages students to think, to behave as problem-solvers, and to be critically aware in their own learning

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Institutional theory

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sociological focus on the structures of institutions, the way they promote or incentives certain ways of behaving and the consequences

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Disciplinary Society

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Foucault’s term for a micropolitics of power, manifest in numerous small institutions and everyday instances of control