UK EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
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- Created on: 15-01-15 11:58
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- UK educational policies.
- An official plans/strategies for education, introduced by government. e.g. through Acts of Parliament and instructions to schools.
- Tripartite system (1944 'Butler' Education Act)
- Used 11+ exam to identify pupils' aptitudes and allocate to appropriate secondary schools.
- Grammar Schools
- Secondary Moderns
- Technical high schools
- Used 11+ exam to identify pupils' aptitudes and allocate to appropriate secondary schools.
- Comprehensive system (mostly from 1965) TO over come class divide.
- Abolished 11+ exam - Replaced grammar/ secondary moderns with comprehensive schools.
- Still reproduced inequality through:-
- Streaming-> Middle class in higher streams.
- Teachers negative labelling working class.
- 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA)
- Marketisation policy - idea of 'education market': -
- Reduced state control.
- Increase competition between schools.
- Formula funding
- Open enrolment.
- Greater parental choices.
- eg. League tables,
- Marketisation policy - idea of 'education market': -
- Policies to reduce Social class inequality.
- Cultural Deprivation, compensatory education (CE)
- Operation Headstart in USA 1960's.
- Sure Start - UK focus on early years to stimulate children's linguistic development.
- Material Deprivation
- Study grants - Abolishes Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA).
- Bursaries at university.
- Free school meals, breakfast clubs and pupil premiums.
- Cultural Deprivation, compensatory education (CE)
- Multi-cultural education (MCE)
- Some argue black children underachieve due to schools not valuing their culture = low self-esteem.
- Other policy's to tackle ethnic inequality including additional language support/ESOL
- New right reject MCE.
- MCE = Tokenistic - does not tackle racism
- Gender equality and policy change
- 1) abolition of 11+
- 2) National Curriculum largely ensures both sexes study the same.
- 3) initiatives, e.g. WISE (science for women) - encourage women into male dominated jobs
- Special needs and inclusive schooling
- Children with disabilities promoting greater inclusion into mainstream education.
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