Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.

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32 terms filed under A, showing 21–30 (page 3 of 4).

A

Anthology comparison

Comparing two poems from your set anthology. Choosing well is half the answer.

Anthology themes

Grouping your poems by what they are about, ready for comparison.

Apprenticeship

Paid employment with training built in, from level 2 up to degree level.

Arguments for and against God

The classic philosophical arguments, and the standard objections to each.

Arrays and lists

A single name holding many values, reached by position.

Artist study

Looking at another artist's work and using it in your own. Not copying, and not a biography.

Assessment objectives

Also called AOs, AO1, AO2, AO3

The skills a subject is marked on, and how the marks are split between them. Public information, rarely read.

Atomic structure

Protons, neutrons and electrons, and what the numbers on the periodic table mean.

Attachment

The bond between a child and their main carers, and why it matters later.

Attachment in psychology

The psychological research on early bonds, and how it is criticised.

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