Education - Educational Policies - 3.3 Flashcards
Education before 1998 Key Sociologists
> Marxist (View of Comprehensives)
> Functionalists (View of Comprehensives)
Which Act brought in the Tripartite System
1944 Education Act
From 1944 what did Education begin to become influenced by?
Idea of Meritocracy
How did Allocation of Kids to School work in the Tripartite System?
Pupils did 11+ exam and were allocated to 1 of 3 types of secondary based on their abilities.
3 Types of School in Tripartite System
> Grammar Schools
Secondary Modern Schools
Technical Schools
Define Grammar Schools & what % attended?
- Academic curriculum w/ access to professional jobs and Higher Education (Uni), for children with academic ability, passed the 11+ exam & MC.
- 20% attended
Define Secondary Modern Schools & what % attended?
- Access to manual work for students who failed 11+ mainly WC
- 80% attended
Define Technical Schools & what % attended?
- Vocational education, existed in few areas so in practice it was bipartite not tripartite system.
- 5% attended
How did Tripartite System reproduce Class Inequality
Challenging WC & MC into two different types of schools, offering unequal opportunities.
How did Tripartite System reproduce Gender Inequality
Needing girls to get higher marks than boys in 11+ to go grammar schools.
How did Tripartite System Legitimated Inequality
- Fair as everyone takes same exam, so have equal chance
- But in reality pupils’ environment affects chances of success.
When was the Comprehensive School System
1965 -
What did Comprehensive School System aim to do?
Aimed to make education meritocratic, fixing inequality in tripartite system.
What was abolished as a result of the intro of Comprehensive School System?
> 11+ abolished, all pupils attending local comprehensives
> Not all areas went comprehensive, so they’re still grammar schools in UK.
Criticisms of the Intro of the Comprehensive School System
Comprehensives are large schools so lack individual attention.
Functionalists View of Comprehensives
> Fulfils essential functions, e.g. social solidarity & meritocratic role allocation.
> Mertiocratic as they give pupils longer to develop & show abilities.
> Promote integration bringing all social classes, together in 1 school.
AO3 - Education before 1998 Key Sociologists
> Ford (Functionalist view on Comprehensives)
Ford Criticisms of Functionalist View on Comprehensives
Due to streaming, little mixing of social classes in school.
Marxists View of Comprehensives
> Serves interests of capitalism, reproducing & legitimating class inequality.
> Reproduce class inequality from 1 generation to next through continuation of streaming and labelling.
> Legitimates class inequality, through myth of meritocracy, making it seem everyone has equal opportunity & failure is due to individual & not system.
Define Marketisation
- Process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition between suppliers into areas run by state
- e.g. education, creating an education market.
How Marketisation has created an Education Market?
> Reduced direct state control over education
> Increased both competition between schools & parental choice of school
What is the significance of the 1988 Education Reform Act?
Marketisation became central theme of Gov Education Policy, introduced by Tories
Explain the Role of New Labour Gov in 1997 on Education
Emphasised standards of diversity & choice in education
Explain the Role of the Tory & Democrat Coalition Gov in 2010 on Education
Took marketisation further, e.g. creating academies and free schools
Marketisation Key Sociologists
> New Right (View of Marketisation)
David (View on Parentocracy)
Ball and Whitty (Reproduction of Inequality)
Barlett (Cream Skimming and Silt Shifting)
Gewirtz (Parental Choice)
Ball (Myth of Parentocracy)
Explain the New Right view on Marketisation
> Favour it
> Marketisation means schools compete with each other have to attract customers (parents)
> Schools providing parents with what they want will get extra funding, whereas those who don’t will go out of business.
Outline Policies Promoting Marketisation
Inclusion of league tables, open enrolment, formula funding, opting out of LEA, free schools, academies, business sponsorship.
David view on Parentocracy
> In education market, power shifts away teachers & school to parents encouraging diversity among schools.
> Giving parents more choice, raising standards
Explain Ball & Whitty’s idea of Reproduction of Inequality
Policies like league tables & funding formula reproduce class inequalities between schools.
What does School’s desire for high league table ranking, encourage according to Barlett?
Cream Skimming
Define Cream Skimming
‘Good’ schools can be more selective, recruiting best MC students, as result, these kids gain advantage
Define Shilt Shifting
Good’ Schools, can avoid taking less able pupils who’ll get bad results damaging league table position.
Give at least 3 examples of Tactics schools use to deter WC kids from joining?
Any 3 of:
- Persuading parents from WC that school is unsuitable for their kids.
- Expensive uniform regulations.
- Making school literature overcomplicated.
- Having complex admission criteria.
- Not promoting the school in poorer areas.
According to Barlett what is the effect on Schools with Poor League Table positions
Can’t be selective have to recruit less able WC students so results are bad & unattractive to MC parents.
According to Barlett what is the overall effect of League Tables?
Produce unequal schools, reproducing social class inequalities.
What are 2 Marketisation Policies reproducing Inequality?
Funding Formula
League Tables
Explain the Impact of Funding Formula on Unpopular Schools vs Popular Schools?
> Schools funded based on how many pupils they attract
> Popular schools get more funds, improve staffing facilities, be more ambitious & attracting MC kids.
> Unpopular schools, lose income so can’t compete with better equipped popular schools, so lose more £££.
What was (Institute for Public Policy Research) findings on Competition Oriented Education Systems Producing Inequality?
- Competition-oriented education systems e.g. UK produces more segregation between students of different social backgrounds.
What are Negative Consequences of Competition in Education?
> Schools try to maintain position in league tables by concentrating resources on those pupils who are most likely to achieve e.g. MC
- Link to Gilbourn and Youdell A-C Economy
- So increases divisions between pupils.