educational policies- Equality✅ Flashcards
laws which are introduced by governments to help particular groups on particular areas of life
what are the 3 aims of educational policies
1) economic efficiency
2) raising educational standards
3) creating equality of educational opportunity
describe economic efficiency as an aim of educational policies
to improve the skills of the young to improve future labour force
- involves making the ed. system meet needs of economy
give an example of economic efficiency as an aim of educational policies
coalition government introducing careers advice
describe raising educational standards as an aim of educational policies
raise the standards of uk education to compete effectively against other countries
give an example of raising educational standards as an educational policy
new labour bringing in max size classes
describe creating equality of educational opportunity as an educational policy
ensuring all students get the best outcome regardless of their circumstances
give an example of creating equality of educational opportunity as an example of educational policies
conservatives introducing national curriculum
what 4 aspects of educational equality do Gillborn and Youdell identify?
- equality of access
- equality of outcome
- equality of participation
- equality of circumstance
describe equality of access (G+Y)
every child should have same opportunity to access similar quality of education regardless of socio-economic background
give an example of equality of access (G+Y)
open enrollment
describe equality of circumstance (G+Y)
children should all start school with a similar socio-economic background so that they are truly equal
give an example of equality of circumstance (G+Y)
pupil premium
describe equality of participation (G+Y)
all students should have the chance to participate on an equal footing in the processes that make up school life
give an example of equality of participation (G+Y)
national curric
describe equality of outcome (G+Y)
all students should have the same chances of achievement in education regardless of socio-economic background
what did the 1965 comprehensivation act involve
- abolished the tripartite sytem
- child’s school was determined by ability instead of catchment area
how did the comprehensivisation act increase equality
11+ was abolished so pupils could achieve equality
what is an evaluation point of the 1965 comprehensivisation act
it is argued that students alack individual attention within large comprehensive schools
describe the schools admission code policy
sets out explicit rules for school selection
- forbids discrimination of socio-economic backgrounds
how did schools admissions code increase equality
the idea is that everyone has equal chance of selection in a school
what is an evalutaion point of school admission code
- covert selection still takes place
eg: schools adjusting catchment and m/c moving into catchment areas
how do ker and west critisize educational policies?
they identify that there are too many external factors which impact educational inequalities
-compensatory schemes cannot compensate for all these factors
what are the three methods of selection in schools
- selection by ability
- selection by aptitude
- selection by faith
describe selection of ability
students are selected for the ‘most appropriate schools for them’ via a selection process such as 11+
describe selection by faith
students are accepted into schools by the nature of their religious affilation
pros of selection criteria
- allows ‘high flyers’ to benifit
- specialise teaching can take place
cons of selection criteria
- late developers don’t benefit
- mixed ability fosters social cohesion
- reduced risk of labelling and SFP
- HA can act as inspiration
describe open enrollment and parental choice
- parents can apply to any school in area–> if school is undersubscribed they must take child
describe oversubscription policies
- when schools recieve more applications than they can fulfil, priority must be given to;
1)children in care 2)PP 3)siblings 4)catchment 5)faith
describe tough and brooks’ covert selection view
- schools ‘cherry pick’ students
- discouraging poorer parents from applying with; high uniform prices, making literacy hard to understand and not advertising in poorer areas
- faith schools require letter from spiritual leader to gain insight
