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26 Cards in this Set
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system of roles and noems that ensire the transmission of knowledge, values, and patterns of behavior from one generation to the next
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education
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formal education, which involves instruction by specially trained teachers who follow offically recognized policies
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schooling
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treansmission by schools of cultrural goals that are not openly acknowledged
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hidden curricilum
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involves the assignment of students to different types of educatoinal programs, such as general studies, vocational training, and college-preparatory studies.
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tracking
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alternative schools which are funded by public money buy are privately operated
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charter schools
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a broad movement tp provide alternatives to public school systems to which parents can choose to send their children
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school choice
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a system in which a child's main educational is undertaken by parents at home
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homeschooling
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a system in which non-english-speaking students are taught in the native languages until they are proficient enough in english to attend regular classes.
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bilingual education
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a set of policies created to prevent school violence
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zero tolerance
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anything that is considered to be part of the supernatural world and that inspires awe, respect, and reverence
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sacred
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a system of roles and norms that is organized aroudn the sacred realm and that binds people together in social groups
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religion
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anything considereed to be part of the ordinary world and, thus, commonplace and familiar.
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profane
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an established pattern of behavior through which a group of believers experiences the sacred
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ritual
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a belief that spirits actively influence human life
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animism
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type of animism, belief system in which spirits communicate only with someone acknowledged as a specialist
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shamanism
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belief in kinship between humans and animals or natural objects
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totemism
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the belief ina god or gods
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therism
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the belief in one god
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monotherism
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the belief in a number of gods
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polytherism
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the idea that moral principles have a sacred quality
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ethicalism
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a type of religios organization in which most people in the society are members by virtue of their birth
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ecclesia
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well-established relogious organization in which a substantial number of the population are members
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denomination
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relatively small religious organizatino that typically has split off from a denominatin because of differences concerning beliefs
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sect
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a new religion whose beliefs and practices differ markedly from thsoe of the society's major relogoins
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cult
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importance of religion in a person's life
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religiosity
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non-religious
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secular
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