Education so far!

What is a social network of Influence and support?

The failure of individuals to fulfil their potential

Education that is closely linked to the world of work

extra educational help for those facing the greatest disadvantages in education

a means of grouping students by ability

when students become favourably stereotyped and rewarded by teachers

a society where positions are achieved by individuals on the basis of their skills, talents and qualifications

a range of cultural factors that give those who have them an inbuilt advantage in a middle-class controlled education system

a form of language use which involves explanation and detail in some formal context, which is associated with explanations for middle-class success in education

a view of the world in which other cultures are devalued and seen through the eyes of one’s own culture

The ways schools divide pupils into groups . Schools often concentrate on the top and bottom sets as they are concerned about league table positions.

A group organized around the et of values attitudes and behaviour that conforms to 'ideal' student characteristics

A process of defining a person or a group in a certain way

Where people act in response to predictions which have been made regarding their behaviour, thereby making their behaviour come true.

Pupils from lower classes do not possess cultural capital, so educational failure of the majority of these pupils is inevitable.