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Timeline of education policies (Sociology)
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- 11944 - Tripartite system- Free education
- 11+ test decided the school you went to
- Grammar: more able, M/C, higher ed.
- Technical: W/C, vocational.
- Secondary modern: W/C, basics, failures
- System reflects class divisions - 21944 - Tripartite System EVALUATION- Grammar schools get more funding
- Only academic ability is considered
- Tests used elaborated code (biased)
Functionalists believe it's meritocracy.
Marxists argue it's ethnocentric and promotes false class consciousness. - 31965 - Comprehensive system- Uses 'social democratic' ideals
- Comprehensive schools are free state schools that have no entry requirements - 41965 - Comprehensive system EVALUATIONFunctionalists say it's meritocratic as there are mixed classes.
Marxists say the system emphasises the difference between social classes. - 51988 - Education Reform Act- Marketing education by reducing state control and creating competition.
- National Curriculum.
- Formula funding + LMS.
- Some schools became more selective.
- Business sponsorship of schools (CTCs). - 61988 - Education Reform Act EVALUATION- Marketisation can increase inequalities through league tables and funding formulas.
- Myth of parentocracy (M/C parents have more economic/cultural capital).
- Marxists say it benefits the ruling class. - 71997 onwards- Education Action zones
- 'Aim Higher' programmes
- Educational Maintenence Allowance: allowance to W/C students for higher ed.
- Specialist schools - 81997 onwards EVALUATIONLIBERALS: overly economic
MARXISTS: doesn't really tackle inequality
E.g. Tuition fees for higher ed affects the economically underprivileged. - 9ACADEMIES ACT 2010- ACADEMIES: self-governed, more control, funded by businesses.
- FREE schools: state-funded but different curriculum. Set up in places lacking schools
- FAITH SCHOOLS: focuses on one specific religion. - 10EDUCATION ACT 2011- Teachers are allowed to discipline students more.
-Ofsted reports reassessed.
- Teacher had all the power in the classroom - 11THE ENGLISH BACCALAUREATE- Linked to GCSE, measure of performance, not a qualification.
- 12SLIMMED-DOWN NATIONAL CURRICULUM- Gave schools compulsory curriculum for core subjects only, so schools had more freedom with what to teach.
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