Educational Policies Flashcards
educational polices such as the tripartite system [Butler Act], comprehensive school system etc.
What was the Tripartite System?
A system in where a child wil take an 11+ exam and the results will determine which school they can go to.
Name the 3 types of schools linking to the Tripartite System.
Grammar schools- for those who did exceptionally well in their exams.
Secondary modern school- mainly working class; did well but not enough.
Technical schools- low performing students who did not do well in the exam.
What is the technical school often referred to instead of it being included in the tripartite system?
Bipartite.
What did the Tripartite System aim to do?
What did they want to legitimise the idea of?
Keywords: inequaliity, ability.
Aimed to legitimise inequality throught he idea that ability is inborn.
What is an advantage of this Tripartite System?
What was good about the 11+ exam?
All students taught same content and therefore given same chance to succeed.
The 11+ tested effort and **wasn’t **affected by background.
What were the disadvantages of the Tripartite System?
What were the requirement scores expected of the genders?
Requirement scores were not equal:
Boys: 53%
Girls: 80%
Directed the attention to the different social classes, which offered unequal opportunities.
What act came under the Tripartite System?
Butler Act 1944.
What was the Butler Act?
Bonus: how old where they allowed to leave school?
It provided free education for all pupils.
Education was compulsory until 15 years of age.
What was the Comprehensive School System?
what did it reject and what did they do?
Counter-theory for the Tripartite System and aimed to overcome the class divide.
They abolished the 11+ exam in all comprehensive schools.
Where did the Comprehensive schools aim to set their work in?
How did this influence children?
They provided it to be in the catchment area so that, for working class, they could be able to attend school in their local area.
What was the name of the council that was responsible for the education in schools?
Local Education Authority.
What was an advantage of the Comprehensive schools?
What do Functionalists say it impacts children?
Less cost for those in the catchment area.
Functionalists: Give pupils a longer period to develop and show abilities.
What does Ford say about the advantages of the Comprehensive school?
What does she say it increases?
Little social mixing between working class and middle class pupils due to streaming.
It increases meritocracy.
What were the disadvantges for the Comprehensive school?
Key: Marxist is an important rebutal factor,
More opportunities for the middle class.
- wealth and inheritance.
W/c not able to attend the good schools because of the economical struggle.
Marxists say that it serves the interests of the capitalist society, leading to inequality.
Labelling- self-fulfilling prophecy.
‘myth of meritocracy’.
A-C Economy - favours only one of the social class.
When was the Tripartite System abolished?
1965.
