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Educational Policies Flashcards

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1
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list as many polices as you can that promote equality of opportunity (11)

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  • compensatory education
  • EMA (edu maintenance allowance)
  • EAZ (edu action zones)
  • GIST / WISE
  • comprehensive schools
  • sure start
  • faith schools
  • state schools
  • catchment areas
  • aim higher
  • vocational education
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list as many policies as you can that promote marketisation (12)

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  • pupil premium
  • formula funding
  • free schools
  • league tables
  • national curriculum
  • OFSTED
  • tripartite system /grammar schools
  • SATs
  • tuition fees
  • Progress 8
  • private schools
  • public schools
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what was the first age of educational policies (not completely relevant )

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Tripartite system

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describe the tripartite system

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-11+ IQ exam at end of primary determined if you went to Grammar School, Secondary Moderns or Technical Colleges

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5
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what is the second age of educational policies

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1965 Labour Gov intro of Comprehensives

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what did the 1965 Labour gov promote

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equality of opportunity

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how did the 1965 Labour Gov promote equality of opportunity

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  • abolished tripartite system; grammar schools mainly abolished and secondary moderns became comprehensives with an individual learning approach
  • all schools controlled by the LEA
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give 2 disadvantages of the changes brought by the 1965 Labour Gov

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  • comprehensives disadvantages w/c and ethnic minorities by setting and streaming
  • schools in deprived areas often failing
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what is the 3rd age of educational policies

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1988 Education Act

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what did the 1988 Education Act promote

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choice competition marketisation and parentocracy

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give 3 main aims of the 1988 Education Act

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  • introduce competition and marketisation
  • increase patent choice
  • raise standards
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give 3 ways parents were given more choice in the 1988 Education Act

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  • League Tables ranked schools based on results ; parents could choose the best one for child
  • OFSTED judged and published schools efficiency to keep them up to code for parents to see
  • National curriculum allowed for schools to be examined on same grounds
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give 3 ways the 1988 Education Act introduced marketisation

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  • National Curriculum taught all s hooks the same content so schools could be assessed the same way in League tables
  • formula funding gave schools money per pupil so oversubscribed schools could expand and gain better resources to improve
  • vocational education gave pupils job specific knowledge
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give 4 critiques of the 1988 Education act (not studies )

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  • selection by mortgage houses in catchment areas of good schools were expensive so w/c disadvantaged
  • m/c could afford wider range of schools as they could afford travel costs
  • over subscribed schools could creamskim best students who get good results and inc schools rep while w/c are silt shifted into worse schools
  • national curriculum is ethnocentric
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give 2 theorist critiques of the 1988 Education Act

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  • Gerwitz; m/c have compatible cultural capital and are skilled choosers
  • Youdell ; league tables promote teach to the test
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what is the 4th age of educational policies

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-1997-2010 New Labour

17
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what was the 1997-2010 new labour trying to promote

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diversity and reduction of inequality

18
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give 5 ways 1997-2010 New Labour attempted to reduce inequality

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  • inc education funding
  • EAZ (extra money for deprives areas) and EMA (£30 a week for travel)
  • academies
  • wider subject and exam choice
  • Sure Start /compensatory education (12 hours a week free nursery provision age 2-4)
19
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give 3 positive evaluations of the 1997-2010 New Labour policies

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  • academies rose standards in deprived areas
  • standards on a whole improved
  • greater choice with academies and expansion of faith schools
20
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give 4 negative evaluations of 1997-2010 New Labour policies (one study )

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  • sure start improved health not education
  • Connor et al; tuition fees (£1000 for HE) out off w/c
  • class gap in achievement continued to increase due to selection by mortgage and cream skimming
  • private schools
21
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what is the 5th age of educational policies

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2010 Coalition Government

22
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what did the 2010 Coalition Gov aim to promote

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marketisation and parentocracy

23
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how did the 2010 Coalition Gov promote parentocracy

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  • inc choice with forced academisation and free schools (ran by communities )
  • Progress 8 added value to GCSEs and allowed for ranking
24
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give 2 positive evaluations of the 2010 Coalition Gov

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  • standards continued to rise
  • attainment gap between FSM and non FSM decreased
25
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give 3 negative evaluations of the 2010 coalition gov

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  • free schools adv m/c parents and take funding from other schools
  • scrapping of EMA lowered HE stay on rate
  • no way to guarantee what schools spend £600 of pupil premium on
26
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give a study that criticises league tables

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  • Ball ; believes inequality is reproduced and legitimised through league tables and for formula funding
27
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how can privatisation be seen in the education system (3)

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  • schools operating like private businesses via marketing and performance targets
  • academisation allows for businesses to sponsor schools
  • outsourcing of services eg cleaning services, exam services and private investment in school buildings
28
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give 3 criticisms of the privatisation of education using one study

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  • Ball; coca- colonisation of schools means there’s a focus on profit over progress eg unprofitable courses cut
  • academies can use unqualified teachers
  • some schools can opt out of LEA control and National Curriculum
29
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give 3 ways the 1988 Education Act impacted gender (girls pos)

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  • intro of national curriculum meant it was illegal to discriminate on grounds of gender for subject choice
  • standardised testing and coursework linked to girls improvements (disproved)
  • marketisation meant girls (since they achieved better) seen as more desirable
30
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name 3 schemes under 1997-2010 New Labour aimed at reasoning boys achievements

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Reading Champions Scheme
Raising Boys Achievement Scheme
Playing for Success Scheme (encouraged boys to read)

31
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give any other policies that impacted gender

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  • GIST/WISE
  • change to linear exams and removal of coursework (to improve boys achievement)
32
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how did comprehensive education impact social class inequality

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-aimed to improve equality of opportunity with banning selection by ability but limited by setting and streaming

33
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give 2 ways the 1988 Education Act impacted ethnicity (negatively)

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  • ethnocentric curriculum disadvantages minorities
  • Gilborn and Youdell argue that ethnic pupils are labelled (pos (Indian +Chinese) or neg (Black Caribbean)) which impacts achievement
34
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give 2 ways policies have impacted ethnicity positively

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  • increased funding given to EAL and ESOL
  • multicultural education policies in 80s and 90s and saturday schools for black communities

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