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6. What isn't an advantage of comprehensive schools?
- They are larger schools so more subjects and more facilities are avaliable
- More academically able students are held back by the less able particulary in mixed ability groups
- They cater for children of all abilities
- Social barriers are broken down as children of all abilities and from different social classes attend the same school and mix
7. What is meant by the economic role?
- choosing the most able people for the most important jobs
- teaching acceptance of rules and authority
- teaching skills for work
- teaching norms and values
8. What is meant by social control?
- teaching norms and values
- teaching skills for work
- teaching acceptance of rules and authority
- choosing the most able people for the most important jobs
9. The 1870 Education Act tried to ensure
- children went to grammar schools
- all students had an equal chance to develop talents and abilites
- that some basic education became avaliable to all children from the ages of 5 to 11
- children's ability was tested