Social policy and education Flashcards
(22 cards)
What began modern education
1944 Butlers act
What did the tripartite system include
Grammar schools
Technichal schools
2ndary modern
Allowing education for all ages up to age of 14
What were problems of the tripartite system
Few technichal schools were actually built because of lack of equiptment
Many simply did not get into grammar schools
Sexist
Often mc in grammar schools
What featured in 1988 education act
Intro of GCSE and A-levels
National curriculum
Privatisation
League tables
Schemes to help more kids go private schoool
Criticism of 1988 education act
Stress on pupils and teachers to perform
Quasi-market (pretend)
More of a political play be conservatives to decrease labour influence in local areas
Few places availbale in better schools
More suited to MC parents
What socioligist talks about cream skimming and silt shifting
Barlett
Cream skinning - chosing better pupils who require less resources
Silt shifting - shifting along undesirable students
Who started specialist schools
Originy new right but carried on and accelerated by new labour - also called vocational education
What was the need for a more work-related education
So British could compete in world markets
How did new labour attempt to increase wc students at uni
Increased status of vocational education
Later conservatives have introduces b-techs
What was proposed in 20001 for academies
Should be partner with firms to go into employment, may increase competition and allow to hire better teachers
What was labour’s aim for higher education in 2010
To have 50% of students going, leading to more investment into universities. Largely subsidised by foreign students who payy much more
Why may wc not go uni
Study at local institutions without prestige of a-levels
Can’t affored to move out
Need to help support family
Who believes parentocracy is a myth
Ball
What is parentocracy
Parents have much more choice and knowledge over where to send kids to school
How could a school become an academy from 2010
Acheive outstanding from ofsted
How did austerity affect wc students
Schemes to incentivise them to stay in school werescrapped
What is yearly uni fee
9535
Who believes mc are priviliged choosers
Gerwitz
How may schools operate now due to globalisation
Economic aims rather than social
Local authority less powerful
Kelly
How has globalisation affected education
Ball - unis have tendered more to attracting foreign students than British eg Liverpool uni have joint ventures in China
May British companies are foreign owned
More immigrants - less optimism over British culture and History
