Pre 1988 Educational Policy Flashcards
What introduced the Tripartite system
1944 education Act
What exams were used to determine what school a child would go to (tripartite)
11+
Three types of schools in tripartite?
Grammar schools, secondary modern and technical schools
Criticisms of tripartite
Reproduced class inequality by channelling WC students into schools with limited opportunities
Reproduced gender inequality by requiring girls to get higher marks to get into grammar schools
When were comprehensive schools introduced
1965
What happened to the previous tripartite system
Abolished in most areas
Why did functionalists like the comprehensive system
Promotes intergration by mixing people from different backgrounds
Meritocratic
Criticisms of comprehensive
Ford found little mixing of social classes because of streaming
