Educational policies 1870-1978 Flashcards
1
Q
Main focus 1944-1978
A
Equal Opportunities- education should be MERITOCRATIC (rewards purely based on ability)
2
Q
EPA (education priority areas)
A
- deprived area provided with extra money
* compensate 4 poverty (material deprivation)
3
Q
Why where EPAs eventually abandoned
A
Bernstein- schools can not compensate for society
4
Q
Douglas
A
poorer parents less likely than middle class parents to take an interest in children’s education
5
Q
Tripartite 1944
A
Free education up to the age of 15
11+ test decided wether you go to grammar technical or secondary modern
6
Q
Comprehensive schools 1965
A
Catchment areas
equality of opportunity
11+ scrapped
