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Social Policy Flashcards

1
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When was the Triparte System?

A

1944

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2
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What did the Tripate system introduce?

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Grammar schools, secondary technical schools and secondary modern schools.

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What affect did the Triparte system have on social differences in education?

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Reproduced class inequalities

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4
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Summarise the Triparte System.

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m/c students go to grammar schools.
w/c go to secondary modern/technical schools.

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5
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What is vocational education?

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Combination of work experience and college based eduction.

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6
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What was the name of the report that criticised vocational education?

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Wolf report 2011

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7
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What did the Wolf Report criticize about vocational education?

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Claims to teach specialist skills to pupils but they don’t get jobs.

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8
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When was Comprehensive schooling introduced?

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1965

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9
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What was the main goal of Comprehensive Schooling?

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Increase equality of opportunity.

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10
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Summarise Comprehensive Schooling.

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Help w/c puplis get easy access to better eduction.
Give w/c pupils chance to go to higher education.

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What’s a negative about Comprehensive Schooling?

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Could hold brighter pupils back.

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12
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Overall did Comprehensive Schooling have a positive or negative impact of class inequalities?

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Positive. Reduced class inequalities.

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13
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When was the main New Right policy (ERA)?

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1988

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14
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What are the 5 main things ERA introduced?

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League tables, OFSTED, national curriculum, parentocracy and marketisation.

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What impact did the national curriculum have on gender differences in eduction?

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Girls do better than boys.

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16
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What is parentocracy?

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Parents have more choice and power in the education system.

17
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What is marketisation?

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When schools are run like a business.

18
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What was the main aim of ERA?

A

Increasing choice and competition in education.

19
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What is the aim of league tables?

A

Make schools compete. Increase parent choice.

20
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What is the role of OFSTED?

A

Measure success of schools.

21
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What did Gerwitz say about ERA?

A

Parentocracy only benefits m/c.

22
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What did Ball say about ERA?

A

League tables only benefit m/c. Good schools attract m/c and w/c pupils end up in ‘sink schools’.

23
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What the main aim of New Labour policies?

A

Aimed at reducing inequalities in education.

24
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What main 6 things did the New Labour policies introduce?

A

Academies.
Free childcare for preschool children.
Sure start.
Uni tuition fees increase.
OFSTED failing schools guidance.
EMA.

25
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What are academies?

A

Schools with a level of business involved.

26
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What is Sure Start?

A

A policy that gave more support to children in deprived areas.

27
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What was the negative impact on increasing uni tuition fees?

A

Deterred w/c pupils from University.

28
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What did the EMA policy do?

A

Gave disadvantaged pupils £30 a week.

29
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How did Whitty critisize about the New Labour policies?

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How the policies didn’t reduce inequalities in eductaion because the w/c pupils couldn’t afford to go to university.

30
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What were the 6 main things the coalition government did?

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EMA cut.
Pupil Premium.
Uni tuition fees increase.
Free schools.
Reduce resit opportunities.
State schools become like private schools.

31
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What was the negative impact of the EMA being cut?

A

w/c pupils left education early to get a job.

32
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What is Pupil Premium?

A

Policy that provides w/c pupils with resources. Decreases material deprivation.

33
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What was the purpose of introducing free schools?

A

Expanding parentocracy and marketisation.

34
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What was the impact of making state schools and private schools alike, and reducing resit opportunities?

A

Increasing standards.

35
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What are the 2 main things the Conservative government have done?

A

Increased privatisation.
Prevent strategy.

36
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What is privatisation?

A

Bringing private companies into education.

37
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What is the Prevent Strategy?

A

Strategy to prevent religious extremism.

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