Education- policy and inequality Flashcards

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what is the comprehensive school system and why was it introduced

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introduced to overcome class system and tripartite system in which there were 3 types of secondary school. comprehensive schools aimed to overcome class divide of tripartite system

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what is the functionalist view on comprehensives

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they promote social integration by bringing children of different social classes together in one school

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what is the marxist view comprehenives

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see it to reproduce class inequality through practices such labelling and streaming

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what is marketisation

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process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition into areas run by state

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what policies promote marketisation

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-publication of league table
-open enrolment
-business sponsorship of schools
-formula funding

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what does Barlett (1993) argue the publishing of league tables leads to

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cream skinning
siltshifting

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what is cream skinning

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good schools have the opportunity to take in more desirable, MC students, meaning they gain an advantage

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what is silt shifting

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schools can avoid taking less desirable students

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what does Gewirtz (1995) study identify

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privileged skilled choosers
disconnected SC
semi-skilled choosers

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who are privileged skilled choosers

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mainly MC who use economic and cultural capital to gain education capital for children. They know how to apply effectively eg putting a school first

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who are the disconnected skilled choosers

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WC parents who are restricted due to their economic and cultural capital. Less aware to opportunities available and find application process difficult

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who are semi-skilled choosers

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mainly WC, ambitious for children, relying on other people’s opinions on schools

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what is a parentocracy

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parents having free choice of school

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who attacks parentocracy arguing it is a ‘myth’

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Ball who argues in reality MC parents are better able to take advantage of opportunities available and can afford to move into catchment of desired schools

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what did conservatives introduce post 2010

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academies
free schools

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by 2017 how many secondary schools had converted to academies

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68%

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what are free schools

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schools set up and run by parents, teachers, faith organisations or businesses

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what does Ball (2011) argue

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promoting academies and free school meals has lead to both increased fragmentation and increased centralisation

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what is fragmentation of education

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comprehensive school is being replaced by patchwork of diverse provision

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what is the centralisation of control

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central gov has the power alone to allow or require schools to become academies

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who is Edexcel owned by and what does this show

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US shows how the globalisation of education means those who have sat the tests don’t mark them