Social Policy

Question 1

When was the Triparte System?

Answer 1

1944

Question 2

What did the Tripate system introduce?

Answer 2

Grammar schools, secondary technical schools and secondary modern schools.

Question 3

What affect did the Triparte system have on social differences in education?

Answer 3

Reproduced class inequalities

Question 4

Summarise the Triparte System.

Answer 4

m/c students go to grammar schools.
w/c go to secondary modern/technical schools.

Question 5

What is vocational education?

Answer 5

Combination of work experience and college based eduction.

Question 6

What was the name of the report that criticised vocational education?

Answer 6

Wolf report 2011

Question 7

What did the Wolf Report criticize about vocational education?

Answer 7

Claims to teach specialist skills to pupils but they don’t get jobs.

Question 8

When was Comprehensive schooling introduced?

Answer 8

1965

Question 9

What was the main goal of Comprehensive Schooling?

Answer 9

Increase equality of opportunity.

Question 10

Summarise Comprehensive Schooling.

Answer 10

Help w/c puplis get easy access to better eduction.
Give w/c pupils chance to go to higher education.

Question 11

What’s a negative about Comprehensive Schooling?

Answer 11

Could hold brighter pupils back.

Question 12

Overall did Comprehensive Schooling have a positive or negative impact of class inequalities?

Answer 12

Positive. Reduced class inequalities.

Question 13

When was the main New Right policy (ERA)?

Answer 13

1988

Question 14

What are the 5 main things ERA introduced?

Answer 14

League tables, OFSTED, national curriculum, parentocracy and marketisation.

Question 15

What impact did the national curriculum have on gender differences in eduction?

Answer 15

Girls do better than boys.

Question 16

What is parentocracy?

Answer 16

Parents have more choice and power in the education system.

Question 17

What is marketisation?

Answer 17

When schools are run like a business.

Question 18

What was the main aim of ERA?

Answer 18

Increasing choice and competition in education.

Question 19

What is the aim of league tables?

Answer 19

Make schools compete. Increase parent choice.

Question 20

What is the role of OFSTED?

Answer 20

Measure success of schools.

Question 21

What did Gerwitz say about ERA?

Answer 21

Parentocracy only benefits m/c.

Question 22

What did Ball say about ERA?

Answer 22

League tables only benefit m/c. Good schools attract m/c and w/c pupils end up in ‘sink schools’.

Question 23

What the main aim of New Labour policies?

Answer 23

Aimed at reducing inequalities in education.

Question 24

What main 6 things did the New Labour policies introduce?

Answer 24

Academies.
Free childcare for preschool children.
Sure start.
Uni tuition fees increase.
OFSTED failing schools guidance.
EMA.

Question 25

What are academies?

Answer 25

Schools with a level of business involved.

Question 26

What is Sure Start?

Answer 26

A policy that gave more support to children in deprived areas.

Question 27

What was the negative impact on increasing uni tuition fees?

Answer 27

Deterred w/c pupils from University.

Question 28

What did the EMA policy do?

Answer 28

Gave disadvantaged pupils £30 a week.

Question 29

How did Whitty critisize about the New Labour policies?

Answer 29

How the policies didn't reduce inequalities in eductaion because the w/c pupils couldn't afford to go to university.

Question 30

What were the 6 main things the coalition government did?

Answer 30

EMA cut. Pupil Premium. Uni tuition fees increase. Free schools. Reduce resit opportunities. State schools become like private schools.

Question 31

What was the negative impact of the EMA being cut?

Answer 31

w/c pupils left education early to get a job.

Question 32

What is Pupil Premium?

Answer 32

Policy that provides w/c pupils with resources. Decreases material deprivation.

Question 33

What was the purpose of introducing free schools?

Answer 33

Expanding parentocracy and marketisation.

Question 34

What was the impact of making state schools and private schools alike, and reducing resit opportunities?

Answer 34

Increasing standards.

Question 35

What are the 2 main things the Conservative government have done?

Answer 35

Increased privatisation. Prevent strategy.

Question 36

What is privatisation?

Answer 36

Bringing private companies into education.

Question 37

What is the Prevent Strategy?

Answer 37

Strategy to prevent religious extremism.