SOCIOLOGY: EDUCATION ACTS

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WHAT DID THE 1944 EDUCATION ACT WANT TO ACHIEVE?
It wanted to equip people with the right skills and knowledge to enter and suceed in the work place and increase support for equality in education
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WHY WAS THE TRIPARTE SYSTEM INVENTED?
It intended to improve equality so each type of student had the ability to do well and work at the right level
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WHAT DID COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS WANT TO ACHIEVE?
Equality/parity of esteem, there to be a standard school for all and provide equal opportunity to gain qualifications
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HOW SUCCESSFUL WHERE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS?
All levels of qualification increased however class attainment still remained a problem due to the use of sets and streams and schools seemed to be 'single class' due to catchment areas
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WHAT DID LABOUR REQUEST IN 1955?
For LEA's to make a transaction to comprehensive
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HOW MANY SCHOOL WERE COMPREHENSIVE IN 1970
Around a third
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WHAT YEAR WERE LABOUR DEFEATED
1970
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WHAT YEAR DID LABOUR RE-GAIN POWER?
1974
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IN 1974 HOW MANY SCHOOLS WERE COMPREHENSIVE?
Around 80%
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GIVE SOME CRITICISMS OF THE 11+ EXAM
1)Confusing questions 2)Cultually biased 3)Technical language 4)Determinitic 5)Only some areas tested
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WHAT DID CALLENDER AND JACKSON FIND IN 2004?
Students who were afraid of debt were 4 times less likely to go onto higher education and this fear was greatest among working class students
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WHAT DID THE FURTHER/HIGHER EDUCATION SCHEME WANT TO ACHIEVE?
It wanted to increase the proportion of working class students in further or higher education
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WAS THE FURTHER/HIGHER EDUCATION SCHEME EFFECTIVE?
It increased overall numbers however mainly only benefited middle class students
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WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT REPLACE POOR PERFORMING SCHOOLS WITH?
Academies
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HOW MUCH FUNDING WHERE ACADEMIES GIVER PER YEAR
£25 million from the government and £2 million by sponsers
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WHERE ACADEMIES SUCCESSFUL AT INCREASING RESULTS IN EXAMINATIONS?
Only at GCSE level, A-level results didn't increase
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WHAT REPLACED EDUCATION ACTION ZONES?
Excellence in cities
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WHAT DID EDUCATION IN CITIES STRIVE TO DO?
They gave support to troubled pupils and pushed the children who could do better than their current performance
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WHERE EDUCATION IN CITIES SUCCESSFUL?
There was an 11% increase in results ranging from A*-C however this was due to funding not performance
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WHERE WERE EDUCATION ACTION ZONES LOCATED ?
In deprived areas with low levels of education
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HOW MUCH FUNDING WHERE EDUCATION ACTION ZONES GIVEN?
£1 million per year however they didn't power the money into the correct areas so were eventually replaced with education in cities
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WHAT WAS 'SURE START'?
A pre-school for children and families who came from deprived areas with low levels of education
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WHY WERE SURE STARTS SHUT DOWN?
Because they only offered short-term results and you couldn't test the effectiveness until a much later date
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 2006
A new league table was created that aknowledged social factors involving schools however most people still refered to exam result tables
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WHAT DID THE YOUTH TRAINING OFFER?
In addition to workplace training it offered young people the chance to take vocational qualifications
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WHAT DID THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME OFFER?
A one year work based training for school leavers
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WHAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE OF THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME
It allowed people to get a qualification behind them
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WHAT ARE SOME DISADVANTAGES OF THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME?
1)People needed jobs not training 2)Some people were used as cheap labour
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