Education policy

Question 1

1944 butler act

Answer 1

tripartite system

Question 2

effects of tripartite

Answer 2

promotes meritocracy - reproduced class inequality - legitimized class inequality

Question 3

1965

Answer 3

comprehensivisation

Question 4

functionalist view of comprehensivisation

Answer 4

promotes social integration, more meritocratic as it gives students longer to show their ability

Question 5

Ford

Answer 5

streaming undermined the function of comprehensivisatoon

Question 6

marxists view of comprehensivisation

Answer 6

intensifies the ‘myth of meritocracy’ through internal streaming

Question 7

David

Answer 7

marketised education creates a parentocracy

Question 8

formula funding

Answer 8

schools recieving funding based on the number of pupils they have

Question 9

open enrolment

Answer 9

allows successful schools to grow and recruit more students

Question 10

league tables

Answer 10

encourage competition and a market within education

Question 11

Ball and Whitty

Answer 11

marketisation reproduces class inequalities by creating inequality between schools

Question 12

Gerwitz

Answer 12

skilled choosers - middle class
disconnected choosers - working class (local due to cost)

Question 13

myth of parentocracy

Answer 13

not equal oppurtunity for parents to choose because mc have advantage

Question 14

New labour - reducing inequality

Answer 14

Education Action Zones
Aim Higher
EMAs
Sure Start

Question 15

Benn - new labour paradox

Answer 15

introduced EMAs but tuition fees for higher education

Question 16

Coalition policies aimed at reducing inequality

Answer 16

FSM and PP

Question 17

blurring the public/private boundary

Answer 17

many private sector companies are employed by local authorities

Question 18

policies on gender

Answer 18

GIST

WISE

Question 19

policies on ethnicity

Answer 19

English as an add language programs
race relations act sets out that schools must promote racial equality
MCE policies