Education Policies: Equality

Question 1

What are the three aims of educational policies?

Answer 1

Economic efficiency - develop skills of the young to improve labour forces
Raising educational standards - UK education needs to compete in a global education market (Link to globalization - PISA)
Creating equality of opportunity - all students get the best

Question 2

Gillborn and Youdell 4 aspects of educational equality

Answer 2

Equality of Access
Equality of circumstance
Equality of participation
Equality of outcome

Question 3

Policies that increased equality

Answer 3

1988 Education reform Act - National Curriculum
1965 Comprehensivisation Act
Schools Admissions Code
Pupil premium

Question 4

1988 Education reform act - how it increased equality

Answer 4

National curriculum - all schools had to teach the same core curriculum

Question 5

Evaluation

Answer 5

Not suitable for all - suits ‘academic’ pupils more

Question 6

1965 Comprehensive Act

Answer 6

Got rid of the 11+ and so all students would get ‘parity of esteem’ and ‘equality’ within education

Question 7

Evaluation

Answer 7

Comprehensive schools are large and so lack individual attention
11+ not abolished everywhere

Question 8

Schools admissions code

Answer 8

Forbids discrimination in admitting pupil on grounds of socioeconomic backgrounds or ability

Question 9

Evaluation

Answer 9

Covert selection still takes place by both schools and parents

Question 10

Pupil premium

Answer 10

Additional funding to those students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds

Question 11

Evaluation

Answer 11

Kerr and West - too many other factors outside school that impact achievement