The Tripartite System 1944

Question 1

What were the 3 types of schools within the Tripartite System?

Answer 1

Grammar Schools (11+), Secondary Modern Schools, Technical Schools

Question 2

Which act aimed to make education more equal for all social classes/provided education for free?

Answer 2

1944 Butler Education Act

Question 3

What was the idea behind the Butler Education Act?

Answer 3

Meritocracy (achieved not ascribed status / getting what you earn).

Question 4

What did the Tripartite System ultimately do?

Answer 4

Justified class inequality by implying that intelligence is inborn, as well as reproducing class inequality (girls needed higher mark than boys in the 11+, the MC went to grammar schools).

Question 5

Direct Evaluation of the Tripartite System

Answer 5

Difficult to measure intelligence at 11, late developers had no chance, labelled as failures so became a self-fulfilling prophecy.