Education Flashcards
Name the education act that made education compulsory until the age of 10 (in the education topic)
1870 Forster Act
Name the education act that made education compulsory until the age of 14 (in the education topic)
1918 Fisher education act
The 1918 Fisher education act made education compulsory until the age of 14, what else did it do? (in the education topic)
Took responsibility for secondary education
The 1870-1918 education acts improved equality within education, how?(in the education topic)
Working class children could access school too and gain basic skills
A criticism of the 1870-1918 education acts is that they had no vocational relevance, why?(in the education topic)
Even if the w/c did gain a qualification, they couldn’t use it in the job they would go into anyway
Name the education act that introduced the tripartite system (in the education topic)
1944 Butler education act
Name the test that the 1944 Butler education act introduced (in the education topic)
11+
Name the 3 types of school in the tripartite system(in the education topic)
Grammar, secondary modern, technical
A strength of the 1944 Butler act is that its meritocratic, what is meant by this?(in the education topic)
Students are judged on their abilities
Explain why a criticism of the 1944 Butler act is gender bias (in the education topic)
The pass mark on the 11+ test was raised for girls, fear of girls outperforming boys
What 2 things did comprehensive education abolish? (in the education topic)
11+ test, 3 types of school
What do true comprehensive schools have? (in the education topic)
No selection by ability
Explain why comprehensive schools could have provided more equality in education (in the education topic)
Gender bias of 11+ test was removed
What made it possible for more students to leave school with a qualification? (in the education topic)
CSEs were introduced for less able students
Why could there still be inequality within comprehensive schools? (in the education topic)
There are still private and grammar schools
Why could comprehensive schools have been labelled as socially divisive? (in the education topic)
W/C were in bottom sets, M/C were in top sets
Name the Prime Minister elected at the time of the conservative government (in the education topic)
Margaret Thatcher
What did Margaret Thatcher’s way of thinking become known as?(in the education topic)
The new right
What was the conservative government’s main idea to do to education? (in the education topic)
Make education meet needs of industry without spending money
Name the 2 aspects of new vocationalism that the conservative government introduced (in the education topic)
Youth training schemes, vocational qualifications
Why weren’t training schemes successful in reducing unemployment levels ?(in the education topic)
It was a lack of jobs, not skills
What was the aim of New labour education policies?(in the education topic)
Tackle inequality by increasing opportunity
Attempt to name the 11 policies that New labour introduced - you don’t need to know them all (in the education topic)
Faith schools, sure start schemes, educational action zones, literacy/numeracy hours, city academies, specialist schools, free nursery fees, educational maintenance award, university fees, raise of school leaving age, vocational education
How did New labour polices increase diversity? (in the education topic)
Through parental choice
Give a criticism of the New labour educational polices 1997-2010 (in the education topic)
There were still private schools
Name the 2 parties who became the coalition government in 2010 (in the education topic)
Conservative, Liberal
Name the 2 things that the conservative/liberal coalition government encouraged (in the education topic)
Academies, free schools
Describe what a free school is (in the education topic)
A school set up by parents, religious groups, businesses or charities
Which educational policy did the conservative/liberal coalition government abolish?(in the education topic)
EMA - educational maintenance allowance
What did the conservative/liberal coalition government introduce to replace the abolishment of EMA?(in the education topic)
Bursary for low income students
Name the educational policy and government that gave disadvantaged pupils an extra £430/yr (in the education topic)
Pupil premium, conservative/liberal coalition
