Social democracy: education
- Created by: sarah_mocha
- Created on: 27-03-16 16:23
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- Social democracy: role + function of education
- desires meritocracy but understands that the system as it is currently, cannot deliver
- believe it is possible to work within capitalism to create a fairer system
- inequality of outcome is both desirable and inevitable
- this is because they believe that some people are naturally more talented and intelligent than others
- Halsey
- the grammar-school system disadvantages working-class kids
- the 11+ tests middle-class culture and therefore falsely labels the working-class kids as less intelligent
- believed that the tri-partite system needed to be abolished and replaced by the comprehensive system
- everyone would therefore receive the same opportunities and w/c + m/c kids could mix
- agree with functionalists in that education has a key role in creating a skilled workforce
- education has a key role in ensuring the competitiveness of the British economy
- Evaluation
- inequality of opportunity remains and education has not created a meritocracy
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