Educational And Social Policy

Question 1

The aims of social policy in education:

Answer 1

1) Raising standards
2) Marketisation of education
3) Educational equality
4) Economic efficiency

Question 2

What are the different types of raising standards?

Answer 2

Privatisation in education
Privatisation of education
Quality control

Question 3

What is privatisation in education?

Answer 3

Changing the internal process of the educational system to be more like a business

Question 4

What is the privatisation of education?

Answer 4

Opening aspects of the education system to private businesses

Question 5

What is quality control?

Answer 5

Ensuring that all schools are providing the best possible education to pupils

Question 6

What conservative policies between 1979-1997 raised standards in education?

Answer 6

-OfSTed
-National curriculum
-National testing eg SATS

Question 8

What new Labour policies between 1997-2010 raised standards in education?

Answer 8

-Maximum class sizes
-Building schools
-Education action zones
-Business sponsored academies

Question 9

What coalition policies between 2010-2015 raised standards in education?

Answer 9

-Pupil premium
-English Baccalaureate
-Reform of exams
-Reform of national curriculum
-Performance targets for schools

Question 10

What conservative policies between 2015-2024 raised standards in education?

Answer 10

-Independent schools sponsor academies
-Expand grammar schools
-OfSTed reform to focus on curriculum not data

Question 11

What are the different types of marketisation in education

Answer 11

Independence
Competition
Parental choice (parentocracy)

Question 12

What does independence mean?

Answer 12

Independence is giving schools more independence over how they operate and what they offer

Question 13

What does competition mean?

Answer 13

Creating competition between schools for students

Question 14

What does parental choice mean?

Answer 14

Gives parents more choice over the type of school they send their children to

Question 15

What Conservative policies between 1979-197 created marketisation in education?

Answer 15

-League tables
-Funding formula
-Open enrolment
-OfSTed

Question 16

What new Labour policies between 1997-2010 created marketisation in education?

Answer 16

-Specialist schools
-Business sponsored academies

Question 17

What coalition policies between 2010-2015 created marketisation in education?

Answer 17

-Free schools
-New style academies

Question 18

What new Labour policies between 1997-2010 created marketisation in education?