Diversity and Choice

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A - Level Sociology (Education ) Mind Map on Diversity and Choice, created by Yasmine King on 19/06/2017.
Yasmine King
Mind Map by Yasmine King, updated more than 1 year ago
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Diversity and Choice
  1. Conservatives policies
    1. Education Reform Act 1988
      1. National Curriculum
        1. SATs
          1. League Tables
            1. New vocationalism 1979
              1. Specislist schools
                1. Different types of courses/ qualifications
                2. New Labour policies
                  1. Curriculum 2000
                    1. Split As and A level means wider choice
                      1. Vocational GCSEs and A levels
                      2. Coalition
                        1. Free schools
                          1. Expanded academies
                          2. COnservatives
                            1. Grammar schools
                            2. Marxist critic
                              1. A market led system benefits the ruling class
                                1. Gerwitz
                                  1. The middle class are privileged skilled choosers
                                  2. Bourdieu
                                    1. Cultural economic and social capital
                                    2. Ball
                                      1. Middle class parents can manipulate the system
                                    3. Social Democratic critic
                                      1. The focus should be on equality of opportunity
                                        1. The top performing schools in the market led system do not deserve the funding
                                          1. The money should be spent on those at the bottom
                                          2. Post modernist critic
                                            1. Are critical of a market led approach
                                              1. Choice and diversity should be through the curriculum
                                              2. Feminist critic
                                                1. Not all have the same choice
                                                  1. Kelly
                                                    1. Science is packaged for boys
                                                    2. Colley
                                                      1. Subject choices affected by socialisation, subject preferences and learning environment
                                                    3. Criticisms
                                                      1. Miller and Epstein
                                                        1. Choice is an illusion, poorer kids have no choices at all. National curriculum all taught the same. Kentucky fried schooling
                                                        2. Smith and Noble
                                                          1. Barriers to learning, not being able to choice good schools
                                                          2. Callender and Jackson
                                                            1. W/c people as well as ethnic minorities have a fear of debt
                                                            2. Byrne
                                                              1. Migrant parents are much less able, they are not supported by schools
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