Educational Policies: selection, marketisation and greater equality Flashcards
Education policy from (1965-1979)
The tripartite system was seen as failing so the new labor government in 1965 abolished it and replaced it with a comprehensive system.
Education policy from (1979-1997)
Marketisation. A method of introducing competition into public services. The aim of this is to raise the standards of education by creating competition between schools.
Education Policy (1979-1997)
Policies to promote marketisation:
Parental choice
League tables
Funding formula
Parental choice
Parents can choose which school to send their children to the right to choose will encourage school to aim for the highest standards.
League tables
The publication of league tables gives parents the information they need to choose the right school. This puts pressure on schools to improve to attract pupils.
Funding formula
Schools were allocated funds by local authorities based on the number of pupils; the more pupils, the greater the budget.
The Education Reform Act 1988
Established the principle of the New Right’s idea of New Vocationalism and Marketisation
Education Reform Act 1998
Aims?
- To raise standards
- To create a market
- To give parents a greater choice
- To make schools more accountable
What was ‘New Vocationalism’?
The introduction of New Vocational education, subject styles such as GNVQs, vocational GCSEs and diploma’s, apprentaships
New Labour Government (1997-2010)
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. They maintained the policy of marketisation, but their main aim was to continue to reduce educational inequality.
New Labour Government (1997-2010)
What were the policys they did to help increase equality?
Sure start Program
Education Action Zone (EMA)
Academies
Educational Maintenance Allowance
Sure Start Program
To help pre-school children and their families as children from such areas are at risk of doing poorly at school by providing better childcare support, early education and health and family support while the child is growing up.
Education Action Zone (EMA)
To provide additional support and resources e.g. employing better-qualified teachers, introducing Saturday classes, and improving attendance.
Academies
Set up in deprived inner-city areas where schools were seen as failing. The aim was to rebuild schools to new modern schools. This would help deprived children see their environments as exciting and important.
Educational Maintenance Allowance
Payments of £30 a week to students from low-income backgrounds to encourage them to stay on post-16 education.
Coalition-Conservitive Government (2010-15)
Reformed many past policies to further tackle educational inequality.
Coalition-Conservitive Government (2010-15)
What were the policys they did to help increase equality?
Academies
Free school
Pupil Premium
Help with University fees
Academies
Coalition allowed all schools to become academies rather than just deprived inner city areas.
Free schools
Funded by the government and can be set up by parents, teachers, and charities. Often in response to what the local community want with regard to education.
Pupil Premium
Extra money that school receives for each pupil who comes from a poor home. The aim is to attract disadvantaged children and help narrow the educational gap and thus reduce social inequalities.
Help with University fees
Children for families with low to medium incomes could get help to cover the cost of living while at university and access larger loans. This could encourage those from poorer family backgrounds to go to university.
What is Globalisation
The process in which the world is becoming increasingly interconnectd. We not communicate, trade, travel and share each other’s cultures more easily around the world.
Examples of Universities and Globalisation
Liverpool has set up a join venture in China. Universities are keen to attract overseas students because they pay high fees and branches allow them to gain more profit.
Globalisation and educational policies
Globalisation has impacted educational policys in two ways:
Privatisation + Marketisation
International comparisons
International Comparisons
PISSA - Programme for International Students Assessment
TIMSS - Trends in International Maths and Science
How do countries copy other educational systems of other countries?
- Slimming down the national curriculum
- The national literacy and numeracy stratergies
- Master teachers. Singapore 2012 vs England Labour 2014
