educational policies- Equality

Question 1

what are policies

Answer 1

laws which are introduced by governments to help particular groups on particular areas of life

Question 2

what are the 3 aims of educational policies

Answer 2

1) economic efficiency
2) raising educational standards
3) creating equality of educational opportunity

Question 3

describe economic efficiency as an aim of educational policies

Answer 3

to improve the skills of the young to improve future labour force
- involves making the ed. system meet needs of economy

Question 4

give an example of economic efficiency as an aim of educational policies

Answer 4

coalition government introducing careers advice

Question 5

describe raising educational standards as an aim of educational policies

Answer 5

raise the standards of uk education to compete effectively against other countries

Question 6

give an example of raising educational standards as an educational policy

Answer 6

new labour bringing in max size classes

Question 7

describe creating equality of educational opportunity as an educational policy

Answer 7

ensuring all students get the best outcome regardless of their circumstances

Question 8

give an example of creating equality of educational opportunity as an example of educational policies

Answer 8

conservatives introducing national curriculum

Question 9

what 4 aspects of educational equality do Gillborn and Youdell identify?

Answer 9

• equality of access
• equality of outcome
• equality of participation
• equality of circumstance

Question 10

describe equality of access (G+Y)

Answer 10

every child should have same opportunity to access similar quality of education regardless of socio-economic background

Question 11

give an example of equality of access (G+Y)

Answer 11

open enrollment

Question 12

describe equality of circumstance (G+Y)

Answer 12

children should all start school with a similar socio-economic background so that they are truly equal

Question 13

give an example of equality of circumstance (G+Y)

Answer 13

pupil premium

Question 14

describe equality of participation (G+Y)

Answer 14

all students should have the chance to participate on an equal footing in the processes that make up school life

Question 15

give an example of equality of participation (G+Y)

Answer 15

national curric

Question 16

describe equality of outcome (G+Y)

Answer 16

all students should have the same chances of achievement in education regardless of socio-economic background

Question 17

what did the 1965 comprehensivation act involve

Answer 17

• abolished the tripartite sytem
• child’s school was determined by ability instead of catchment area

Question 18

how did the comprehensivisation act increase equality

Answer 18

11+ was abolished so pupils could achieve equality

Question 19

what is an evaluation point of the 1965 comprehensivisation act

Answer 19

it is argued that students alack individual attention within large comprehensive schools

Question 20

describe the schools admission code policy

Answer 20

sets out explicit rules for school selection
- forbids discrimination of socio-economic backgrounds

Question 21

how did schools admissions code increase equality

Answer 21

the idea is that everyone has equal chance of selection in a school

Question 22

what is an evalutaion point of school admission code

Answer 22

• covert selection still takes place
  eg: schools adjusting catchment and m/c moving into catchment areas

Question 23

how do ker and west critisize educational policies?

Answer 23

they identify that there are too many external factors which impact educational inequalities
-compensatory schemes cannot compensate for all these factors

Question 24

what are the three methods of selection in schools

Answer 24

• selection by ability
• selection by aptitude
• selection by faith

Question 25

describe selection of ability

Answer 25

students are selected for the ‘most appropriate schools for them’ via a selection process such as 11+

Question 26

describe selection by faith

Answer 26

students are accepted into schools by the nature of their religious affilation

Question 27

pros of selection criteria

Answer 27

• allows ‘high flyers’ to benifit
• specialise teaching can take place

Question 28

cons of selection criteria

Answer 28

• late developers don’t benefit
• mixed ability fosters social cohesion
• reduced risk of labelling and SFP
• HA can act as inspiration

Question 29

describe open enrollment and parental choice

Answer 29

• parents can apply to any school in area–> if school is undersubscribed they must take child

Question 30

describe oversubscription policies

Answer 30

• when schools recieve more applications than they can fulfil, priority must be given to;
  1)children in care 2)PP 3)siblings 4)catchment 5)faith

Question 31

describe tough and brooks’ covert selection view

Answer 31

• schools ‘cherry pick’ students
• discouraging poorer parents from applying with; high uniform prices, making literacy hard to understand and not advertising in poorer areas
• faith schools require letter from spiritual leader to gain insight