Education Policies 1870-1978

Question 1

What is equal opportunities?

Answer 1

Educational policies between 1994 and 1978 was generally based on social democratic ideas of equality of opportunity. Children from poor background were given same opportunities of children from other social groups. British education would seem as meritocratic

Question 2

What is tripartite system and who came up with this/

Answer 2

Butler- act 1944 introduced the secondary education it embodied the concept of equality where sifts and sorts students and allocate them three types of schools according to your ability.

Question 3

What were the three types of schools

Answer 3

Grammar schools- middle class
Technical schools
Secondary modern working class

Question 4

Why did the tripartite system failed

Answer 4

Made middle class look dominated in grammar.
Working class likely to pass
The IQ test was no fair nit benefitted those with economic and cultural capital.

Question 5

What act came after to solve the issue of inequality of tripartite system/

Answer 5

Comprehensive schooling.

Question 6

What is comprehensive schools?

Answer 6

In 1965 labour government replaced the tripartite system built on ceonept of equality of oppourtunity meant to be meritocratic than tripartite.
Aimed to take students regardless of Iq test. No matter their ability.

Question 7

What is a consequence of comprehensive

Answer 7

Gerwtiz- middle class parents may have better economic social capital therefore middle class students scored best results leaving teachers positive impact.

Heartbreaks ball- comprehensive ideals justifies streaming inequality. Working class placed on bottom and no attention

Question 8

What did new right argue on policies

Answer 8

Choice and selection- labour expanded the conservative policy specialist schools intake
Diversity- faith schools funded by state
Parental choice - parents were given the right to request new schools

Question 9

What is privatisation

Answer 9

Schools are rub in business transferred to private sector by government. Private controllers and state funding building of new schools and colleges in ODFSTED inspection . Raising the performance tables and raising standard and fresh stat programme

Question 10

What is an evaluation

Answer 10

Chitty- criticise new labour opening public secvtoer of privatisation effected created inequality
Ball- notes significant education