EDUCATIONAL POLICIES BEFORE 1988
TRIPARTITE SYSTEM A01/A02 FAILURE OF TRIP SYS A03 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SYS MARXISTS A03
MARXISM A01/A02
Education Act 1944 11+ not culture fair culturally biased More meritocratic than trip abolish 11+ Streaming - Benefit students m/c. w/c -
- Free secondary ed up to 15 yrs M/C dominated grammar school more All children liv in sm area go to sm skl bottom sets
-intro test 11+ - sort child into 3 type of likely to pass 11+ - economic/cultural Functionalists like - promote social hargreaves - streaming social
skl cap integration,solidarity,meritocracy. class/conformity rather than ability.
1) grammar skl (academic) non manual W/C dom secondary moderns Diff backgrounds
jobs - m/c M/c do better Fem - girls achieve better boys Some local authorities - continued with
2) technical skl (scientific/creative) Catchment area - urban area sim social the grammar school system
3)secondary moderns (non academic) Lack reliability - iq tests only measure 1 backgrounds
w/c aspect of intelligence
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES - MARKETISATION + PARENTOCRACY
MARKETISATION ERA 1988 A01/A02 Crit A03 PARENTOCRACY A01/A02 GERWITZ A03
Ed run like business - parent = customer Damaging effects of frequent testing ERA - gave power to parents - right Privileged - skilled choosers
Skls exclude students to improve image choose which skl their child should - m/c - £ + cultural capital gain ed capital
Open enrolment - successful skl Failed to address inequalities - private attend Child = best skls
expand skls - kynaston Influenced by league tables - ranking Disconnected local choosers -
Formula fund - money given to skl - no. skls based on a lvl + gcse results give - w/c - restricted by lack of cultural cap
of students attracted parents info + identify best skl on market
New right - competition = improve = inequalities between skls in m/c + w/c
Measures - ofsted - school inspections in funding/requirement in teachers
Testing ages 7,11,14
National curriculum Ball myth of parentocracy - makes it
Selection appear all parents have sm freedom
to choose
VOCATIONALISM A01/A02 FINN A03
New right - unemployment = skills crisis Hidden function of YTS = produce a pool
Deal wiv dis of low skilled cheap labour
YTS - 1 yr train scheme + wrk exp for
unemployed skl leaver m/c - ed to uni standard
GNVQ- teach job specific skills w/c - trained for manual work
Lack of jobs rather than unem
TRIPARTITE SYSTEM A01/A02 FAILURE OF TRIP SYS A03 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SYS MARXISTS A03
MARXISM A01/A02
Education Act 1944 11+ not culture fair culturally biased More meritocratic than trip abolish 11+ Streaming - Benefit students m/c. w/c -
- Free secondary ed up to 15 yrs M/C dominated grammar school more All children liv in sm area go to sm skl bottom sets
-intro test 11+ - sort child into 3 type of likely to pass 11+ - economic/cultural Functionalists like - promote social hargreaves - streaming social
skl cap integration,solidarity,meritocracy. class/conformity rather than ability.
1) grammar skl (academic) non manual W/C dom secondary moderns Diff backgrounds
jobs - m/c M/c do better Fem - girls achieve better boys Some local authorities - continued with
2) technical skl (scientific/creative) Catchment area - urban area sim social the grammar school system
3)secondary moderns (non academic) Lack reliability - iq tests only measure 1 backgrounds
w/c aspect of intelligence
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES - MARKETISATION + PARENTOCRACY
MARKETISATION ERA 1988 A01/A02 Crit A03 PARENTOCRACY A01/A02 GERWITZ A03
Ed run like business - parent = customer Damaging effects of frequent testing ERA - gave power to parents - right Privileged - skilled choosers
Skls exclude students to improve image choose which skl their child should - m/c - £ + cultural capital gain ed capital
Open enrolment - successful skl Failed to address inequalities - private attend Child = best skls
expand skls - kynaston Influenced by league tables - ranking Disconnected local choosers -
Formula fund - money given to skl - no. skls based on a lvl + gcse results give - w/c - restricted by lack of cultural cap
of students attracted parents info + identify best skl on market
New right - competition = improve = inequalities between skls in m/c + w/c
Measures - ofsted - school inspections in funding/requirement in teachers
Testing ages 7,11,14
National curriculum Ball myth of parentocracy - makes it
Selection appear all parents have sm freedom
to choose
VOCATIONALISM A01/A02 FINN A03
New right - unemployment = skills crisis Hidden function of YTS = produce a pool
Deal wiv dis of low skilled cheap labour
YTS - 1 yr train scheme + wrk exp for
unemployed skl leaver m/c - ed to uni standard
GNVQ- teach job specific skills w/c - trained for manual work
Lack of jobs rather than unem
