Daniels - Policies Flashcards
tripartite system
-1944 education act
-created three types of state funded schools decided by 11+
-grammar schools for the academic
-technical schools for creative
-secondary modern average
MARKETISATION
schools attract customers (parents pupils) by competing with each other in the market
- education could be run like a business
educational reform act measures (marketisation): National curriculum 1988
-hailed as meritocratic as all students were taught the same thing
formula funding 1988
money given to schools based on the number of schools they attract
league tables 1992
this resulted in ranking schools in terms of gcse and a level results
ofsted 1992
school inspections were published and reported on the quality of teaching and learning experience
PRIVATISATION
process where institutions are transferred from being owned by the state to owned by private companies for profit
private provisions of education
-supply teaches provided by agencies
-private finance initiative (PFI)
-branded coffee and fast food outlets on uni campuses
-exam tuition provided privately
Private finance initiative PFI
-introduced by labour
-involves private contractors and the state jointly funding the building of new schools
POLICIES OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: class, comprehensives
-1965 labour gov replaced tripartite system with the comprehensive school system
- selection at age 11 was abolished everyone could go to the same school
-functionalists agree marxists no liberal feminists yes
pupil premium
- introduced 2004 by libdems
-schools with high numbers of pupils eligible for fsm were given extra educational resources to spend on further support for disadvantaged children
GLOBALISATION
-becoming interconnected
-globalisaion of education refers to how a global system of education is emerging beyond the level of individual countries
impact of globalisation on education policy
-led to a more multicultural curriculum
-introduction of educational ideas and practises such as free schools
