Intro Flashcards
(17 cards)
Outline 2 elements of the tripartite system
Grammar schools - Gave higher education to those who passed the 11+ test
Secondary modern schools - More practical curriculum for those who failed
1 reason why the tripartite system was unfair
11+ test was more on cultural knowledge and not a valid test of intelligence
Middles class would know more e.g Shakespeare
Which government introduced comprehensive schools
Labour
Myth of meritocracy
False belief that everyone has an equal chance to achieve
What was the aim of the 1988 Education Reform Act
Raise standards of achievement and increase marketisation
What is the term for the things we learn in education which are not formally taught?
Hidden curriculum
3 groups who can set up a free school
Charities, Universities, Parents
Summarise why Summerhill School takes a radical approach to education
it’s a democratic school where children can choose if they want to go to lesson
How can we criticise studio schools?
Almost half of them had closed by 2018
Gillborn and Youdell 4 Equalities in education
Equality of:
1. Access - everyone can go to school
2. Circumstances - everyone should have the same starting point
3. Participation - Equal right to participate in school processes e.g trips
4. Outcome - Equal chance to do well after school e.g get a job or go to college
Participation
A disadvantage
Group affected
Evidence to support
Some people may not be able to afford it e.g school trips, uniforms prevents bullying
Working class
2.8 million children in the UK live in households that struggle to afford the cost to send them to school
50% costs on uniform
44% are on school trips - known has the “biggest” headache
Access
A disadvantage
Group affected
Evidence to support
Developing countries - girls still can’t go into education
Private education - Lower classes can’t do
Evidence - Malala Yousefzai
Circumstances
A disadvantage
Group affected
Evidence to support
Resources for learning e.g books
Lower class
67% of disadvantages have resources
87% of non disadvantage have resources
Outcome
A disadvantage
Group affected
Evidence to support
Grades could differ cue to social class
Selective universities
Lower class
28% of working class kids go to university
Summerhill schools - How is the school type different from a ‘normal’ school experiance
Children have control over their lives
Treated like normal people not academically
Summerhill schools - Positives of this type of education
Freedom
Choice
They can discover what they like and who they are
Summerhill schools - Negatives
Not setting people for the real world
Expensive therefore its not accessible for lower class
