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From 1944, what did education begin to shape by the idea of?
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Meritocracy
effort + ability = merit |
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what system did the 1944 act bring in?
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The tripartite system
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what was the tripartite system?
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children were to be selected and allocated to one of three different types of secondary school according to their aptitudes and abilities (11+) exam was said to identify this.
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what are the three types of scools?
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- Grammar schools
- Secondary modern schools - technical schools (existed in a few area's only) |
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what did the tripartite system actually do instead of promoting meritocracy?
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inequalilty by channeling the two social classes into two different types of school that offered unequal opportunities.
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how did the system discriminate girls?
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by making them gain higher marks in the 11+ to obtain a grammar school place.
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