educational reforms Flashcards
(5 cards)
Independant Sector of Education
independant sector- >attendance leads to oxbridge, top jobs, tends to be old boy network and pass on social connections through generations
>independant skls and gov-> independent skls own their financial existence to a legal anomaly which allows them to register as charities- this means they have tax relief on thier income and reduction
>assistance places scheme-> 1980-pay for “clever students” in poor backgrounds to attend private skls
A03:
-> cultural factors- m/c have more cultural capital than w/c
-> too deterministic- pupils reject labels
-> functionalists say skls are meritocratic, achievement is based on student ability
-> marxists- fordist culture, hidden cirriculum, correspondance principle
globalisation of education
> private companies are foreign-owned- edexcel owned by us company pearson
ao3: ball argues school buy education software so it genertates a profit for them eg.pearson are marked by examiners in australia
> british-owned companies
Outline three policies introduced to reduce inequality in
education.
Comprehensive schools – all students were taught a mix of academic
and practical subjects and all were entered for exams thus giving
them the opportunity to gain qualifications.
EMA – a means tested grant given to students in further education in
order to encourage more w/c students to remain in post-16
education.
Education Action Zones – extra funding for schools in deprived
areas to help reduce cultural deprivation.
Nursery reforms – all 3 year-olds had access to free nursery school places.
It reduced inequality by increasing the number of w/c children receiving
early education which gives them the cultural capital they lack at home.
How was education marketized
> league tables- publishing school’s results in a league table that ensures that schools achieving good results and are more in demand because parents are attracted to those with good league table
rankings
-Barlett – encourages cream-skimming: schools more selective, choosing their own high achieving, MC pupils and silt-shifting: schools can avoid taking less able pupils who are likely to get poor results and damage the school’s league table position
> formula funding-schools are allocated funds based on how many pupils they attract. Popular schools get more funds and so can afford better-qualified teachers and better facilitates- allows them to be more selective and attracts more able MC applicants
> intro to academies and free schools- state-funded but not government controlled , have control over curriculum (don’t follow national curriculum), set up their own admission criteria (open enrolment). This increases diversity in types of schools, incraese parental choices (parentocracy) and incraeses standards
A03:- parentocracy is a myth- reproduces class inequality cuz m/c have more cultural capital than w/c, but it makes inequality appear fair and inevitable
:-Gillborn and Youdell – league tables encourage educational triage which disadvantages w/c into labelling
:-fragmentation of the edu system – too much variety – inconsistencies in provision, e.g. ethnocentric curriculum and
institutional racism.
