Education - Social Policy

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What act was created in 1944
Butler's Education Act
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What three things did the 1944 Butler's Education Act involve?
1. Creating the tripartite System - Grammar schools, Technical Schools, Secondary schools. 2 Made education free for everyone 3. Raised leaving at to 15
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what are three limitations of the Butler's Education Act 1944?
1. Socially Decisive 2.Creates Self-fulfilling prophecies 3. The is no mobility
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By the end of 1978, what percentage of children were educated under some sort of comprehensive system?
80%
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What is an advantage of the Comprehensive system over the Tripartite System
There are no entry exams so everyone has equal access to an equal education.
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What are two limitations of the Comprehensive system over the Tripartite system?
1. Most comprehensive systems were still not socially mixed 2. Students where self segregating.
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What year did Margaret Thatcher and the new right get into power?
1974
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What two social policies did Margaret Thatcher introduce that affected the education system?
1. The marketisation of education 2. Vocationalism
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What is meant by the marketisation of education?
1. Putting schools into competition with each other so if no one votes for a school, it shuts down. 2. Open enrollment - parents able to chose what school their child would go to
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What is meant by vocational education?
Work based learning for the children who didn't enjoy academic subjects.
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Why did Margaret Thatcher introduce vocatioal education into schools?
She was keen to try and make the education system fit the needs of the economy more efficiently.
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Name 5 schemes that where set up in schools under vocational education.
1. GNVQ's 2. Applied GCSE's 3. Modern Apprenticeships 4. Certificates of Achievement (gone now) 5. Work Experience
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What date was the Education Reform Act introduced?
1988
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Name 7 things the Education Reform Act introduced into schools?
National Curriculum, SATS Tests, National League tables, Open enrollment and parental choice, OFSTED, Formula Funding, LEA's
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Explain what the national curriculum is.
A standardized curriculum that state schools must teach to ensure everyone get's the same education.
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What does LEA stand for?
Local education Authority
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What does David (1993) say about the Education Reform Act 1988?
Parentocracy - the education reform act will give parents more power within the ecucation system to chose where their children can go to school.
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What does Gerwitz argue about the Education Reform Act 1988?
The myth of Parentocracy - Parentocracy is a myth because middle/upper class parents have more cultural and material advantage that they can use in their favor to get them into the schools. Also, the catchment area is more important.
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What do Chubb and Moe say about marketisation/Education Reform Act 1988?
Token Economy- want a system where each parent is given a toke per child and can use it to go to any school they want. This will make bad schools shut down and put schools into competition, therefore raising the standard of schooling.
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What does Bartlett argue about Marketisation/Education Reform Act?
Silt Shifting and Cream Skimming - Schools, escpecially academies and free schools, have the power to pick and chose the best students. Often ignoring boys and ethnic minorities.
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What do Gilbourn and Youdell argue about the Education Reform Act 1988?
League tab;es creates an A-C economy which focuses on getting students within this boundary. Ignores the highest and lowest achievers.
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What year did the new left (Tony Blair) come into power?
1997
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What two programs did the labour party introduce that affected schools?
1. Specialist Schools 2. Labour style academies
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What were the advantages of Specialist Schools?
1. Offers more choice to students 2.Suits a wide range of different skills and aptitudes
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What is a disadvantage of Specialist Schools?
The catchment area is still more important that what subjects you are interest in.
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By 2007, what % of schools had become specialist schools?
85%
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What were the new labour style academies?
They rebuilt bad/ failing schools and gave them money to turn them around.
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Name three compensatory policies that the New Labour introduced.
Sure Start Centers, Education Action Zones, Aim Higher
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What did Sure Start Centers, under the Labour compensatory policies, do?
They helped struggling parents to get parenting classes, childcare, drop in activity sessions in underclass areas
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What did Education Action Zones, under the Labour compensatory policies, do?
Gave money to struggling schools for extra classes and equipment etc.
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What did Aim higher, under the Labour compensatory policies, do?
They were a group that encouraged working class year 11 to think about university.
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What year did the government form a coalition?
2010
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Under the coelition, what did becoming an academy involve for schools?
Schools were encouraged to leave the LEA and become academies, which gave them control over their curriculum and funding.
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Under the coelition, what did becoming a free school mean?
Free schools are set up and run by parents, faith organisations, businesses etc to give parents more control.
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What compensatory policies did the coalition introduce?
Pupil Premiums and Increased nursery places for underprivileged children.
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Under the coalition, what where pupil premiums?
£430 given to every child on free school means to compensate for poverty.
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