Educational Policy Flashcards
1
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How does educational policy affect students differently?
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Ethnocentric Curriculum
Stephen Ball - Meritocracy is a myth.
2
Q
Sure Start Programme
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The practice of integrating home life into children’s learning. This included financial assistance measures, home visits and inviting students’ parents to occasionally attend educational centres with their children.
3
Q
Education Action Zones
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Set up in deprived urban areas where educational achievement was generally quite low. A group of school representatives, parents, local businesses and some government representatives were tasked with using £1 million to improve educational attendance and achievement in their respective zones.
