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Left wing

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Think education unequal. Wanted equality. Social democratic perspectives

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Right wing

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Think education is fair. Wants it traditional. Neoliberal perspectives

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Term: social democratic perspectives

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Like to see greater equality in education. Should provide equality regardless of metriocracy. Usually labour

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Term: neoliberal perspective

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Favor of private businesses and free market because believe competition improves standards. Usually conservative

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What was the 1944 Butter Education Act?

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Tripartite System= 3 types of secondary school sorted into by doing 11 plus exam
1). Pass= grammar school- bio, chem, lit
2). Fail= secondary modern- clean, iron
3). Fail but excel in technical= technical- engineering

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What was the 1965 compensatory education?

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Where all students regardless of academic ability attended the same type of school, everyone in the catchment area will go to the school. Geographically selected students.

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Problems with 1965 comprehensive education policy

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Many comprehensives have catchment areas dominated to one class of people so wasn’t much mixing. Middle class students still did better than working class. Setting and streaming still existed

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Advantage of 1965 comprehensive education

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Enables all to get same education, bridge class differences

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Evaluation of 1965 comprehensive education

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Hargreaves 1967 claimed that inequality hadn’t disappeared it was just under one roof

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Advantages of the butler education act

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Education catered to the students ability

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Disadvantages of the butler education act

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  • middle class pay for child to get support for 11 plus
  • not many technical schools built
  • conflict between MC and WC
  • students saw themselves as failures if didn’t get into grammar schools
  • economic problems- decline of uni applicants- lack of academic skilled workforce
  • 11 plus questions culturally biased favouring MC
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What is the 1979 policy

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Vocational education

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What did the 1979 policy do?

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Introduced qualifications for working life in schools (vocational education) and completed in work places (vocational training)

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Cohen 1979

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Real purpose of vocational training is to create ‘cheap labour’ for employers

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Who hated vocational education and why ?

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Marxist- bc it paid them less, cheap labour

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Finn 1979

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Vocational schemes had hidden policitcal agendas:
- used to cover up embarrassing unemployment stats
- undermines power of trade unions
- was intended to help reduce crime by getting young people off the streets

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Which sociologists criticised the 1979 polic?

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Cohen and Finn

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What is the 1988 policy?

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Education Reform Act

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What did the 1988 policy do ?

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Introduced competition in schools to improve quality-
Government changed way schools funded- formula funding. Had to attract more students so had to get better grades. League tables and OFSTED introduced for parents to compare

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What did marketisation create ? + what is it ?

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Parentocracy- an education system based on parents having free choice of school

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Ball

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Parentocracy is a myth- not all parents have freedom to choose which school to send their children to

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Gerwitz

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Middle class parents have more economic capital so bettere able to take advantage for decisions

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Leech and compas

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Afford to move to good catchment area

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What is the 1997 policy ?

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New Labour policy- The Third Way ( left + right wing)

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How did the 1997 policy decrease inequality?
- extra reasources in disadvantage areas to help overcome disadvantage - new schools- academies ensure no child ed in ineffective school - compensatory education schemes - rising of school leave to 18 - EMA- ed maintenance allowance - specialist schools- additional funding
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How did the 1997 policy NOT decrease inequality ?
- schools specialises in 1 of 10 areas and select up to 10% of pupils. Increases choice - league tables used + more details published - provided education, training, vocational work for unemployed young- prevents joining long term unem - NVQ’s into vocational GCSE and A Levels to improve status of vocational qualification - tuition fees - failure to scrap private education
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What is a first wave academy?
By New Labour- failing schools in working class areas funded by third party
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What is a second wave academy ?
Coalition - outstanding schools had full control over their budget
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What is the difference between 1st and 2nd wave academies ?
1st wave academies are schools which are failing so funded by third party whilst 2nd wave academies are outstanding schools which have full control over their budget
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What is the advantages of academies?
Choose where to spend money- can save their money through catering and spend more on improving Freedom.
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What are the 2010 coalition policies ?
- free schools - higher tuition fees - The Public Premium- extra cash to schools for disadvantaged students - removal of EMA - new style of GCSE’s 1-9 - new style of A levels- linear, exam at end of Y13 - narrower curriculum
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What is the general principle behind coalition policies ?
To reduce the role of the state in the provision of education through marketisation and privation
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What are Free Schools ?
Schools funded by the state where they are set up and directed by parents and teachers
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What are the disadvantages of Free Schools ?
They only benefit children from highly educated families- have knowledge and confidence MC. Socially divisive Lower standards
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What is fragmentation within the school system ?
Comprehensive system being replaced by patchwork of diverse provision which leads to greater inequality. Means there are many types of schools.
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What is centralisation of control ?
Where the central government has power alone to allow schools to become academies/ allow free schools to be set up
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what did the 2015 policies introduce ?
- 8% cut in education funding - move to ebacc - exams more difficult - more free schools - widespread academisation - T levels - more grammar schools
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what are the types of privation according to Ball and Youdell ?
- endogenous - exogenous
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what is endogenous privation ?
privation within education system ( operating more like private business ) eg 1988, formula funding create competition
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what is exogenous privation?
privation from outside education system. companies getting involved with day to day workings of school
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examples of exogenous privation
- school inspections - school services like staff training, development and building maintenance
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impact of exogenous privation?
- exam boards compete for entries - Edexcel owned by Pearson - Buckingham + Scanlon- 4 leading educational software companies owned by global multinationals eg Disney. ## Footnote education as a commodity that can be bought.
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what is the cola-isation of education
idea that big companies target education for profit
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what are PFI schemes?
private finance initiative where private sector finances manage school buildings
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what are tribal inspections responsible for ?
running school inspections on behalf of OFSTED. was stopped due to concerns over selection, training and quality of inspectors employed
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advantages of exogenous privation ?
more choice for parents, profit motive encourage private companies to provide schools
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disadvantages of exogenous privation ?
schools not having control to fix/improve schools have to request- time consuming pay interest on paying back concerns over quality
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what is globalisation ?
increased interconnectedness of societies so what happens in one locality is shaped by distant events in another
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what is PISA? and how does it help ?
programme for international student assessment, countries like Brazil and Germany changed their education policy to improve ranking
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how was the UK educational policies influenced?
longer school days and fewer holidays to match top performing East Asian nations introduction of academies as schools independent from local authority control
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examples of globalisation and education
- international comparison of grades PISA - variety of schools - increase immigration means English additional language students need more support - British schools adapt to keep up with global economy - global terrorism led to schools introducing programmes such as PREVENT to reduce risk of being groomed into terrorism
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what does Ball say about globalisation and higher education ?
unis increasingly marketing themselves to global market as pay more in fees
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what does Hancock say about globalisation and higher education ?
estimated educational exports from UK estimated £18 billion to UK economy each year
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criticisms of globalisation
- doesn't go far enough- UK curriculum still ethnocentric - costly- implementing some initiates expensive and short lived - international ranking systems focus on limited subject areas - comparing ed system doesn't take cultural differences into account
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what are policies impacting social class ?
- 1944 tripartie system- WC underperform - 1965 comprehensive education- inequalities bc catchment areas - 1979 vocational education- WC directed lower paid jobs - 1988 marketisation- MC more choice shop around - 1997 student loans, tuition fees, league tables
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what are policies impacting gender ?
- 1988 national curriculum - coalition removal of coursework these highlight gender gap
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what are policies impacting ethnicity ?
1988 national curriculum
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conservative govenerment policies impact on social class
- marketisation widens inequalities - national curriculum= less value on vocational ed - completion between schools= MC move into catchment areas - better performing schools= more funding, gap widens
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new labour policies impact on social class
- EMA and Sure Start- tackle material and cultural deprivation - focus of raising WC boy's aspirations
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Coalition and Conservative policies impact on social class
- continuing marketisation= further inequalities - EMA cut - uni fees uncapped so can charge more - narrower curriculum= benefits MC
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conservative government policies impacting gender
- girls results improve due to national curriculum - coursework intro, improving girls results - GIST and WISE to get girls into science and tech
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new labour policies impacting gender
- continuing coursework= girls performance increasing - compensatory policies aimed at encouraging boys to improve literacy
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coalition and conservative policies impact on gender
- reduction of coursework and emphasis on written exams- suits boys
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conservative policies impacting ethnic groups
- increasing parental choice disadvantages some who are unable to play the system
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new labour policies impact on ethnic groups
education action zones in inner cities with high proportion of ethnic minorities + academies raise standards of failing schools in poorer areas
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coalition and conservative policies impact on ethnic groups
greater emphasis placed on marketisation- disadvantaging ethnic groups. less funding for poorer students

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