current day conservative on education

Question 1

privatisation of education

Answer 1

• BALL: we have moved away from a government controlled education system to make profit
• ESI: education service industry - means more money for capitalists
• employment agencies
• carillion / edexel companies within the education system

Question 2

MOLNAR - colaisation of education

Answer 2

• schools are now targeted by private companies
• companies take advantage of the consumerist audience of the education system
• food shops giving out vouchers (sainsburys/tesco)
• cadbury sports equipment promotion

Question 3

globalisation of the education system

Answer 3

• mass media
• movement of people
• international league tables
• edexel is a US company and exams can be sent away to be marked
• software companies (google,teams,apple) are multinational

Question 4

introduction of T-Levels

Answer 4

• equivalent to 3 a levels
• t levels focus on vocational skills and can help students into skilled employment, higher education or apprenticeships
• can go straight into work = link to the economy
• may have a work placement

Question 5

how have coalition raised standards?

Answer 5

• linear A-Levels (harder, two years)
• harder GCSEs (convert to numbers, less coursework)
• english EBACC (traditional subjects)

Question 6

new educational proposals

Answer 6

• rishi sunak wants a-level maths to be compulsory
• proposed longer school days = same as other countries (globalisation)
• shortening school holidays

Question 7

impact of covid

Answer 7

• schools went online
• highlighted material deprivation
• £800m to stop impact of covid

Question 8

prevent + british values

Answer 8

• prevent is a safeguarding policy to stop young people from being radicalised
• british values now incorporated into schools and early years teaching
• build a sense of community (links to functionalism)
• assimilation (not multicultural)