Educational policy Flashcards

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Evaluation of Ofsted

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Education action zones Sure start City academies Education mainlanders allowance Nation literacy strategy University tuition fees.

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Set up in 1998 to raise the motivation and attainment levels of underachieving students in deprived inner city areas Funded by centrol government, with additional funding from businesses They were run by an action forum,with representatives from

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no evidence that standards improved

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Replaced education action zones Targeted disadvantaged inner city areas, aimed to improve attainment ( achieving a goal) main initiatives were programmes for gifted students, city leaning centres with it facilities, low cost leasing for computers a leaning mentors

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limited success so ended in 2006

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Programme targeted under 5s and their families in deprived areas. Aims to improve health, education and employment prospects Sure start centres were evaluated and mothers reported better for health for their children anfd more stimulating home life to

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limited success

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originally designed to replace falling schools inlow income, inner city areas. The aim was to drive educational standards. academies can choose their own curriculum and are free from local authority control day today running is by the head teacher

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Unclear of their success yet

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students ages 16-19 from low backgrounds were paid weekly cash allowance to stay in further education staying on rates increased by 6%

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No evidence that it effected standards and grades but it did encourage more students to stay on for further education

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Making primary schools focus on literacy everyday

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Rapid increase in the number of students attending university so the rise in fees was aimed to improve facilities at university. This was also increased with the aim of raising standards at university as each university is in competition for teh studnets. students paid £1000 per year and thoswefrom low income backgrounds didnt pay. student loans replaced grants

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put some studnets of going, so we did see a slight dip in enrolment to univeristy

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rather than a single type of schools, specialists schools would be allowed to specialise in particular areas. This would provide diversity and choice within the educational marketplace it would increase standards and competition in 20007 there were 2500 specialists schools in England

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impact was difficult to measure. schools sometimes did better in subjects outside of their specialism which may be due to an increase in funding during the first 4 years of being a specialist school. middle class students are more likley to go to a specialist school

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adding to the previous league table. schools now needed to include tehri value added score which is a measurement of how the school has improved attainment for schools.

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teh value added score aims to take into consideration a student background

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converter academies free schools pupil premium

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all primary and secondary schools can now apply to be an academy. converter academies are when schools choose to convert. they may choose to convert because they believed they would have more money.

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Debate about the effectiveness, but is is probably to early to tell.

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new venture which aims to increase diversity, increase competition and drive up standards. free schools are non-profit making state funded schools, who are independent from the local authority, but do not need to follow the national curriculum. They receive slightly more funding free schools do not need to employ qualified teachers can be set up by parents, teachers, charities, sponsers, univeristies, faith groups and buissness

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no evidence standards are improving if set up in an area where there is already a school it can lead to a drop in funding for the existing school.

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additional money which is paid to schools based on the number of students who receive or have received free school meals. Aims to equip every school to support students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. This is hoped it will improve social mobility.

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schools claim that the extra funding is just making up the money that has been cut from elsewhere.

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academies - multi academy chains/trust Ebacc

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two thirds of academies work with others in academy chains governed by trust. some perform well and some do not

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debate on whether schools should all be forced into academy trusts. as good schools could be forced to work with poor performing schools and this may affect performance

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core curriculum students are to take English maths a science , history or geography and a modern language they believed that this would provide students with a strong academic backgrounds and it would equipd students with necessary skills for further study and work schools would be judged on the Ebacc performance

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leaves less room for vocational subjects has shown improvement in English and maths viewed as slimming down the curriculum, in line with other countries

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Theresa may wants grammer schools to increase number for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and would like new grammer schools to be set up in less priviliged areas

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Middle class students will still benefit fromthis system as tey will be tutorted to pass entrance exams however lower class students will not be bale to afford tutors so it is more unlikely this pass the exam

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selection by ability the 11+ exam meant that students were selected to attend a grammer school if they scored a high mark. we still have a selection of selective state funded grammer schools in the uk - 169 schools

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any studnet can go to any school, a school can only refuse if they are full = school admission policy if a school is oversubscribed it has to follow a procedure. priority is given to siblings, those in catchment, they can select 10% based upon aptitude for a certain subject or faith - . selection by aptitude - . selection by faith

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. girls were excluded from education. tripartite system changed that but girls had to achieve a higher score than boys to get to the grammar schools. - there have been policies to try an encourage girls into different schools - GIST (Girls in science and Technology) and WISE (Women in science and engineering)

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EAZ aimed to increase educational achievement in inner city areas which saw a higher proportion of ethnic minorities Multicultural education to enable students to learn about other cultures aimed to raise understanding and increase self-esteem for those from ethnic minorities

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1. policies which encourage marketisation 2. policies that encourage privatisation 3. policies which encourage parentocracy 4. policies linked to globalisation 5. policies aimed to reduce social class differences 6. policies aimed to encourage equality of opportunity

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concept on making schools compete against each other for pupils which political policy started marketisation of schools outline 3 policies that may promote the marketisation of education - league tables - formula funding - ofsted

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endogenous privitisation - takingideas from buissness and applying them to education exogenous privatisation - private buisness moving into the world of education outline 3 policies that may ahve contributed to the privatisation of the educatu=ion system acadmy trust/chains exam boards # open enrolmemnt formula funding

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one was, globalization has affected educational policy is becuase we are interconnected therefore we can communicate with countries all-over the world easily. This has affected educational policy's as we are using ideas from other countries in UK schools. The uk has introduced free schools which is an idea from Sweden. one way which globalisation has affected education policy is the UKs economy is competitive. meaning that we are all comeopting forjobs and buisness are competting to make the most money. This has led to the marketiosationa nd oprivitisation of education. menaing schools are like buissness and styudents are a commondity.an example of this would be the involvement of private companies in education, sucha s pearson. one way which globalisation has affected the UK economu is jobs which used to be available in the UK are no longer available because it is cheaper to manufacture abroad where the cost sare lower. Thus has affected educational policys as schoolsnow need to prpare studets for work in a global amrket.meaning that tehy need to learn skills which rae similar to those learned in otehr counteries.an example of this is the introduction on Ebacc.

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training for work was ained at meeting the needs of industry in the 1970s many young peoplewere unemployed.critics beleive that this was due to schools not preparing young people for work. it aslo left a hsortage in certian industries NVQs were developed in specific subjects GNVQs were more generel such as leisure and health and socialcare. Theese were designed to be an alternative to academic qualifications. modern apprenterships involved studying and working ta the same time evaluation of vocational education - more students were learning skills which were useful some would argue it was preparing them for low paid jobs

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evaluation of vocational education - more students were learning skills which were useful some would argue it was preparing them for low paid jobs