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10 Cards in this Set
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Social Policy |
A piece of legislation that effects the way we live |
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The Butler Act |
- parity of esteem through a tripartite system - grammar, technical, secondary modern |
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Butler Act Critique |
- the m/c has better primary schooling so found it easier to get into grammar schools - s/modern schools were negatively labelled |
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Comprehensive Schooling |
- labour government - 'all inclusive schooling' aimed for a parity of esteem |
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Comprehensive Schooling Critique |
- Banding and streaming still occured based on parents occupation - catchment area effects school quality - LEA could choose to go comprehensive so m/c areas would stay 11+ |
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The Education Reform Act |
- conservative government - aims: raise standards to make schools more accountable - national curriculum: made school performance comparable - national testing: teachers had reason to encourage students towards high grades - league tables: can compare schools meaning parents have informed choice - OFSTED: encourages schools to improve |
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ERA Critique |
- cream skimming: good schools select only high achieving pupils who then also have the advantage of being in a good school - silt shifting: less able students were rejected from good schools therefore have a disadvantage meaning NO MERITOCRACY |
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Gerwitz (ERA Critique) |
- 14 London secondary schools - three types of parents 1. privileged skilled choosers: m/c who used economic and cultural capital 2. disconnected local choosers: w/c who couldn't afford and didn't understand school procedures, looked at safety and location 3. semi-skilled choosers: mostly w/c who were ambitious but lacked economic and cultural capital so relied on opinions |
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New Labour Marketisation |
- labour government - EMA: uni students living independently or in a household w a low income given £30 a week - education action zones: aimed to raise standards in poor areas - aim higher: help for w/c and disabled students to uni - city academies: failed schools taken over by government which offered bonuses to attract students |
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Coalition Policies |
- conservative lib-dem - moved away from comprehensive schooling |
