Education - Policy

Question 1

Selective school

Answer 1

Selected by ability academic ability 11+ and Trypart system now forbidding in state funded schools.
-Selected by ability Potential in certain subjects in specialist schools
-Selected by faith based on the

Question 2

Admission policies
Stop discrimination

Answer 2

All state funded schools must comply with policies to stop selection by ability or discriminating against students because of the social or economic background. 
Create more quality and education opportunities 

Question 3

Open enrolment 

Answer 3

Parents can apply for a place at any state school if it is unsubscribed and they have to accept the child the most popular schools often feel quickly and oversubscribed.
If schools are oversubscribed priority is given to those in care those with siblings already in the school and PP

Question 4

Convert selection

Answer 4

School cherry pick pupils with high ability or from a high social class with well educated parents
-forbidden by school admission codes. - they discourage parents from Poor social economic backgrounds from applying in the first place

Question 5

Marketisation of education

Answer 5

Introduced in the UK to address the increasing criticisms in the 80s and 90s as education was not good enough no making them qualified enough.

-school can choice to be independent or self-governing institutions they complete for students
-Neoliberal approach- Economic approach which suggests resources will be more fission when managed by businesses
-Original idea of new nights theorists Chubb and moe.
-Now accepted policies by all main political parties

Question 6

What is policy marketisation

Answer 6

Marketisation is when services like educational health are independently manage to private business not the state.
This creates-
Independence – schools control affairs and one private businesses
Competition – making schools compete with each other for customers
Choice – parents have a choice of school labelling and choose what education suits and needs best 

Question 7

Marketisation and parentocracy 

Answer 7

Parentocracy- Child education is dependent upon and wishes of parents rather than the ability of the pupils.
Some parents might just played education.
Parents who are more affluent have more choice as they can pay

Question 8

What standards does Marketisation rais

Answer 8

Marketisation was designed to raise educational standards
-parents could choose between diversity competing schools
-school are forced to improve standards to attract students

Question 9

What did Marketisation create so that schools were comparable

Answer 9

National testing/ national curriculum–
Creates comparable results
League tables – competition allows parents to rank school for preferences
Diversified choices – choice allows parents to choose school compete to be the best

Question 10

Privatisation

Answer 10

Transfer of public assets such as schools to private companies. Education becomes source of profit capitalist. This allows schools to improve facilities. 

Question 11

The cola-isation if schools

Answer 11

Private sectors is also entering educational indirectly through vending machines on school premises and the development of brand loyalty to displaying of logos and sponsorships.
Schools are targeted by private companies. E.g. if uk families spent £110000 in Tesco they gave 1 computer to the school 

Question 12

For and against privatisation

Answer 12

For- Greater choice for parents, companies need well educated people to work for the increases them to invest in failing schools, increase academic success to ensure profit is made

Against- Guaranteed profit from school Will be paid back into school, possibility of bankruptcy in companies in support of this funding, the best school already made successful left school

Question 13

Endogenous/ exogenous

Answer 13

Endogenous- Privatisation within education system (marketisation) compete for pupil, Gives more choice

Exogenous- Privatisation from outside education system setting up Academy, running a exams systems

Question 14

Globalisation in education

Answer 14

• education has to run like businesses to make there education internationa
  -Unis market them selves to a global audience. creating over seas branches. Over sea students pay higher fees and means the uni can expand branches overseas

Question 15

What does globalisation create

Answer 15

• The world is more independent and countries are less self-contained
• Boundaries between countries are less significant and people can move easily
• Ideas produced and cultures around the globe and more common

Question 16

national and literacy and numeracy strategies

Answer 16

• introduced by labour 1998 & 2010 2h of literacy and numeracy a day.
  -funding of £14 million given to maths departments introduce more asian style maths

Question 17

sliming down of national curriculum

Answer 17

2010-2015 coalition government ensure focus on maths science english these were known as core knowledge

Question 18

Raising entry requirements for teachers

Answer 18

2012. derived foe comparison with Finland witch had been a world leader in teaching and training teachers.

Question 19

PISA

Answer 19

National government like Britain feel increasingly obliged to tailor education policy to meet needs of the economy
-Theres a world wide trend to privatisation and marketisation and competition in education systems
-The national international student assessment. Compares children results in different country shares who does the best in education (in 2016 Singapore was top of science reading and maths)

Question 20

globalisation strength and weaknesses

Answer 20

pros- they provide policy makers on what wok and which do not, to see id money is being spend and improving educational achievement
cons- PISA testa only on 3 subjects, doesn’t not mean that education received is better or worse, can be damaging and wasteful effort on policies do not agree complex needs of society.

Question 21

education policies Conservative 1944

Answer 21

Butler education act– three educational school secondary pupils.
Tripartite system – gramma, technicals, secondary modern children went to different schools depending on their ability which was determined by 11+ test. 

Question 22

Coalition government thousand and 2010-2015

Answer 22

Preschool state funded schools. They were trying to please everyone. Anyone can join. Don’t follow a set education.
Key stage 5 It’s a bursary. Key stage 3+4 it’s people premium the school gets extra funding from the pupils. 
EBACC- English baccalaureate measure the number of children who secure a grade 5 or above in english, maths, science, a humanity and language at GCSE. Art subjects not included.

Question 23

Current government

Answer 23

Progress eight- value added measures how much a secondary school has helped a pupil improve (or progress) over 5 years when compare to a government calculated expected level of improvement.

Question 24

Conservative 1979–1997

Answer 24

LMS- Arrangement of schools transfer control of school budget, head teachers and the students. Schools told to opt out of government. God of the school he will provide the same education. Open enrolment all schools have to accept any one if they have places 

Question 25

Labour mid 60s

Answer 25

Comprehensive schools – more inclusive schools got rid of testing people at 11 schools everyone go to.
Change to admission – stopped school from discriminating with those with needs. Everyone got the same education except private schools.

Question 26

Equality of policy

Answer 26

-direct attempt to increase equality of opportunity
-indirectly increase equality of opportunity/ outcome by dealing with another issue
- in education making it more equal, through education trying to improve social via education system

Question 27

Defining equality

Answer 27

Gillbor and Youbell (2000) equality of opportunity in uk policy tends to mean equality of access however there are 4 aspects to opportunity:
-access’s (rughts mad change)
-circumstances (background/ starting point)
-participation (experiences within school life)
- outcome ( benefits of school)
Halsey health and ridge (1980 equality is best tested by outcome (if they achieve regardless of background)

Question 28

New Labour 1997-2010

Answer 28

Aim higher- a government funded system to make people go to uni especially tho who were not stereotypically go.
National literacy strategy- set up ho English is taught through k-stage 2-3
City academies- rebrand of failing schools as academies to make them look better.

Question 29

Attainment 8

Answer 29

measure progress in key stage 4. made up form 8 subjects (English, maths, science, 3 subjects from EBACC3 more GCSE qualifications) Each grade a student gets is assigned a grade 9 the highest 1 the lowest