conservative 1979- 1997(marketisation and new vocationalism)

Question 1

what politicians was new vocationalism implemented by and what party?

Answer 1

new right, and the conservative party

Question 2

when was new vocationalism implemented?

Answer 2

1980s

Question 3

what were the three type of vocational education introduced in the 1980s?

Answer 3

youth training schemes, work experience and national vocational education

Question 4

what was youth trianing schemes?

Answer 4

one year training scheme combined work experience with eduaction for unemployed school leavers

Question 5

what does work experience act as?

Answer 5

a bridge helping students transition from school to the work place

Question 6

what is the national vocational qualifications (NvQs)?

Answer 6

taught in school as an alternative to academic courses, teach job specific skills in the classroom

Question 7

what do marxist say about vocational education?

Answer 7

its a second rate education for the working class

Question 8

what did marxist say the hidden function of vocational education is?

Answer 8

produce a pool of low skilled cheap labour to serve capitalism as the middle class will have higher education

Question 9

what did finn find?

Answer 9

finn find it was the lack of jobs rather than a lack of skills that lead to unemployement

Question 10

what is vocational education less likely to lead you to?

Answer 10

university and high paid jobs

Question 11

what are the new rights three c’s?

Answer 11

competition, consumer and choice

Question 12

who did the idea of marketisation come from?

Answer 12

the new right

Question 13

what is marketisation?

Answer 13

refers to the aim of making schools compete with each other like a bussinessess

Question 14

why was marketisation introduced?

Answer 14

to raise educational standards and improve learning

Question 15

when was the education reform act?

Answer 15

1988

Question 16

what did the education reform act do?

Answer 16

more parentocracy, raise standards by increasing competition, and increased testing and exams

Question 17

what policies were introduced under the 1988 education reform act?

Answer 17

league tables,open enrolement, formula funding and ofsted

Question 18

what is league tables and how did it increase competition and choice?

Answer 18

the ranking of schools based on exam results,schools had to competiton for there position at the top of the ranks and parents had the option to view the best schools

Question 19

what is ofsted and how did it increase competition and choice?

Answer 19

inspectors would measure how good a school is and report it so schools have to compete for the best report and parents can see the reports so they have a choice on which school is best

Question 20

what is formula funding and how does it create competition?

Answer 20

the funding of school being dertermined by the number of students, so schools would have to compete for more pupils to get more money

Question 21

what is open enrolement and how does it create competition and choice?

Answer 21

parents were given the right to choice the schools they wanted instead of the one nearest, so schools have to compete to attract the parents

Question 22

what is parentocracy?

Answer 22

parental choice

Question 23

a03 what did bartleet and le grande find?

Answer 23

the working class could get silt sifted into low achieving schools due to schools wanted to have high positions in league tables

Question 24

why may formula funding cause problems?

Answer 24

underperforming schools wont be abput to compete with the higher performing schools so wont gain enough funding

Question 25

why may ofsted lack validility?

Answer 25

only offers a snap shot of schools as they are only there for a couple of days

Question 26

what may wc parents not have which could help them benefit from open enrolement?

Answer 26

economic capital to help them with transport

Question 27

what other polices did the conservative government introduce?

Answer 27

national curriculum and SATs testing

Question 28

what did the national curriculum do for girls?

Answer 28

they can study the same subjects as boys