Education Policy And Inequality - done

Question 1

4 points under educational policy and inequality

Answer 1

ed policy in Britain before 1988
marketization
coalition government policies from 2010
privatization of education

Question 2

ed policy in Britain before 1988

Answer 2

tripartite system
comprehensive school system
2 theories of the role of comprehensives

Question 3

marketization

Answer 3

league tables and cream skimmings
formula funding
gerwitz - parental chocie
myth of parentocracy
new labour and inequality

Question 4

coalition government policies from 2010 topics

Answer 4

academies
free schools
coalition policies and inequality

Question 5

privatisation of education

Answer 5

colaisation of schools
education as a commodity
policies on gender and ethnicity

Question 6

tripartite system

Answer 6

1944 ed act brought this in
- pupils allocated to either grammar (m/c, higher ed), secondary (w/c), or technical
reproduced class inequality by sorting class into unequal opportunities - legitimized inequality through the ideology that ability is inborn

Question 7

comprehensive school system

Answer 7

introduced in many areas onwards of 1965
- aimed to overcome the class divide of the tripartite system and make ed more meritocratic
- 11+ exam, grammar and secondary school abolishment and replaced by comprehensives

Question 8

2 theories of the role of comprehensives

Answer 8

functionalist - promote social integration by bringing children of different classes together in one school, they see comprehensive as more meritocratic as it gives pupils more time to develop and show off

Marxist - school not meritocratic - inequality through streaming + labeling

Question 9

league tables and cream skimming

Answer 9

1) ball and whitty - league tablescretae class ineq by creating ineq between schools

2) Good league tables mean higher demand as parents are attractes
- cream skimming - good schools can be selective
- silt shifting - good schools can avoid taking less able

Question 10

formula funding

Answer 10

schools given money on attraction - popular schools can afford better things (teachers), more selective, opposite applies for less popular schools

Question 11

Gerwitz parental choice

Answer 11

marketization benefits m/c - he says the difference in parent’s eco and cult capital leads to inequality in how far they can exercise choice of school - m/c parents are more educated and have more money whilst w/c struggle with understanding the school and cost

Question 12

myth of parentocracy

Answer 12

marketization conceals and justifies inequalities causes
- ball marketization gives the appearance of parentocracy - its a myth - not every parent has the same freedom in school choosing - cant move for catcgment areas, makes inequality seem fair and innevitable

Question 13

new labour and inequality

Answer 13

NL gov tried to reduce inequality
- aim higher program
- increased funding for state ed
- additional resources for worse areas

Question 14

academies and free schools

Answer 14

academies - from 2010 all schools encouraged to be them and by 2012 half where, they’re given more funding from local authorities, - some private and funded by the state, coalation gov aimed to reduce ineq

free schools - funded by state and run by guardiands
-improve ed as power to parents instead of state
- gives opportunity to create new schools if the state ones fail

Question 15

coalition gov policies

Answer 15

introduced free school meals and pupil premium - however Ofsted found PP is not spent on intended pupils,
spending on schools was then cut - 60% of funding for buildings, ema abolished and many sure start centres closed - reduces opportunities for w/c

Question 16

cola-isation of schools

Answer 16

vending machines + development of brand loyalty is the result of the private sector penertarting education - colaisation

molnar: schools targeted by priv buisinesses - they are kind of product endorsment

benefits - cadbury - 5440 chocolate bars means school gets a 1 set of volley ball posts

Question 17

policies on gender and ethnicity

Answer 17

gender - 11+ exam - girls had to get higher grades to get into grammar schools, GIST intoduced to eradicate gendered subject choice

ethnicity: assimilation - helped asimilate minorities into mainstream British society e.g. language however failure could be a result of racism or poverty
multiculturalism - aimed to raise self esteem - critical race theorists claim it doesn’t tackle inst racism