Conservative Social Policy In Education Flashcards
What are all the key words for social policy in education
Equality of opportunity, free market economics, marketisation, national curriculum, league tables, vocational qualifications, attainment targets, parental choice, parentocracy, cream skimming, silt gifting,
Academies, free schools, vocational education, EMA, EAZs,
Fees, alevel reform, cultural capital
What are all the key theorists of social policy in education
Margaret Thatcher/
ball et al,
Sharon gerwittz/
Bartlett and Legrand
Tomlinson
Michael Gove
Bordieu
Mackin and vernoit
what model did the conservative government make
the free market model
what is the new rights view on state run services
they are inefficient, they argue that companies shoukd have to compete for business, thus providing them them with an incentive to improve the product/service they provide. this is called the FREE MARKET
what are the three C’s by the new right
consumers
choice
competition
what is the national curriculum
to improve standards all students had access to the same high quality curriculum covering a range of subjects. That can be compared on a national scale
COMPETITION
what are SATS
attainment to targets- goals which teachers are expected to enable students to reach. These are formal teachr assessments and results are published.
COMPETITIION
what are SATS
attainment to targets- goals which teachers are expected to enable students to reach. These are formal teachr assessments and results are published.
what are exam league tables
publication of performance tables allowing parents the right to know about comparative school performance. These include test and exam results and absence rates of all schools and colleges .
COMPETITON
what are oftsted inspections
published inspections were aimed to ensure that schools and colleges were doing a good job and reports are published
COMPETITION
what is formula funding
schools and colleges are funded based on numbers
COMPETITION
what is enrolment
parents are allowed free CHOICE of schools, rather than being allocated one.
CHOICE
what is gerwitz key study
gerwitz studies the effects of the ducational reforms that had been introduced by the conservatives. She recognised 3 categories of choosers
skilled
semi- skilled
local
what is the skilled choosers
1.skilled choosers: middle class parents were usually priveleged or skilled when it came to choosing a school for their children. They had the benefits of time and good social contacts to aid them with finsing the best schools, evaluating league tables and moving to more prosperous areas to ensure they lived within a schools catchments area. If all else fails their finances alowed them to send their children to private education
what are semi skilled choosers
semi skilled choosers mainly workign class parents who were ambitious for their children but lacked the social network or practical means to get their children into particular schools
what are local choosers
working class parents were local choosers as their access to transport played a big part in their decision, with most working class children being sent to the school closest to their home. Working class parents placed more importance on the preferences of their children than the academic reputation of a school
what study was very cimilar to gerwitz study
ball et al’s results were very similar, who also claimed parentocracy was a myth.
what did bartlett and Le grand say
they se the competitive systems as resulting in cream-skimming. This is when the most successful schools chery pick the most able students from the wealthiest backgrounds. This obviously increases their success, and becomes a cycle. The opposite of this is silt shifting. WHich is when schools off-load less able pupils or those with learning difficulties as they are expensive to educate and get poor results. It can be said that by setting entrance criteria such as entrance exams, or church attedance, schools are the ones with the choice of consumer, not the other way around.
mackin and vernoit
argue that academies brought in by the coalition are serving the needs of the most advantaged and in a lot of cases does not include those children form the most disadvantaged backgrounds. They have a very small amount of children on free school meals.
what are alll the conservative education policies
national curriculum, SATS,exam league tables, publoshed ofsted inspections, formula funding, open enrolment.
