Educational Policies Flashcards
1
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What act was passed in 1880
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- Compulsory education act - state provided education 5-11
- let children break away from social class restrictions
- liberal government
2
Q
What was the 1944 education act?
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- Butler act, Tripartite system
- Grammar schools, Secondary Moderns, Technical schools
- 11+ exam
- To create 3 tiers to suit ability
- Conservatives
3
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What was the 1965 education act?
A
- Comprehensivisation
- got rid of 11+ exams, fairer system where ability at 11 doesn’t determine future, by 1979 80% of students went to a comprehensive
- ‘education for all’
- to get rid of inequality within the school system
4
Q
What was the 1980’s education act?
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- new vocationalisation
- qualifications that linked education to jobs
- to make education relevant to jobs + provide what was needed in the job market
- conservatives
5
Q
What was the 1988 education act?
A
- education reform act
- create a national curriculum, GCSE’s and SAT’s introduced, new tech colleges, role of LEA defined
- to raise standards of all education provided by the state
- Ofsted and league tables
- Conservative
6
Q
What was the 1990’s education act?
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- Marketisation + parentocracy
- ofsted, league tables, open enrolment, formula funding, reducing the role of the LEA
- to allow parents/pupils to have choice and to make schools compete to be the best
7
Q
What is the New Right view?
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- Conservative view
- agreed with competitions between schools, empowers the consumers, brings diversity, choice, efficiency, (meeting needs of parents and pupils)
- David - Parentocracy ‘rule by parents’
- Ball - Myth of Parentocracy
8
Q
What was the 1997 education act?
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- New Labour Act
- ‘education, education, education’ - pledge to improve education for everybody
- improved diversity and choice, introduced specialist schools, supported ability groups, introduced academies, schemes (sure start)
- to level up the inequality of class in education without losing the standards
9
Q
What was the 2010 education act?
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- Coalition government, Cameron and Clegg
- tripled uni fees, Ema and sure start abolished, Ofsted criteria changed, rigorous exam changes, subjects removed if they had no ‘value’
- FSM and pupil premium
- to meet global market and keep open choices
10
Q
What is the current education act?
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- Globalisation and Privatisation
- colaisation - education is commodity to be bought and sold
- education is a multi billion pound global market
- to meet a global market for jobs
