Sociology: Educational policies

What does educational policy refer to?

The plans and strategies for education introduced by the government

Give an example of an educational policy

2010 Academies act

What did the 2010 Academies act make it possible for?

State schools to become academies

How many issues are educational policies in response too?

4

What have many educational policies contributed to?

Maintaining and justifying inequality between classes

Educational policy in Britain before.....

1988

What was a key event which shaped education?

Industrial revolution

When was the industrial revolution?

1760-1840

What were there none of in the industrial revolution?

State schools

Name 3 sources of education

- fee-paying schools

- churches

- charities

Before what year did the state spend no public money on education?

1833

What increased the need for an educated workforce?

Industrialisation

From when did the state start to become more involved in education?

Late 19th century

When did the state make schooling compulsory?

1880

For what ages was schooling made compulsory?

5 to 13

In this period, what did the type of education the child received was based on?

Their class background

What did schooling do little to help?

Pupils ascribed status

What were middle class pupils given?

A curriculum

What did the curriculum help them prepare for?

Office work

What were working class pupils given a schooling to?

basic skills needed for factory work

What system was introduced in 1994?

Tripartite

What did education become influenced by from 1994?

Meritocracy

What legislation was introduced in 1944?

Education act

What were children selected and allocated to, 3 types of....

Secondary schools

What was the children's school allocation according too?

Their abilities

How were these abilities identified?

Via the 11+

What were the three types of school?

Grammar, modern, technical

What type of curriculum did grammar schools offer?

Academic

What 2 things did those who attended grammar schools have access too?

Non-manual jobs and higher education

What type of pupils were allocated to the grammar school?

Those who passed the 11+

What class did those who go to grammar schools tend to be?

Middle

What did secondary modern schools offer?

A non-academic curriculum

What did students fail if they were in secondary modern schools?

11+

What class did those in secondary modern schools classed as?

Working class

Where did technical schools exist?

In a few areas only

What is the system referred to instead of tripartite?

Bipartite

What did the tripartite system reproduce?

Class inequality

What greatly affects children's chances of success?

Their environment

When was the comprehensive system introduced?

1965

What did the comprehensive system aim to make education?

Meritocratic

What happened to the two schools previously?

Abolished

What was the decision to go comprehensive up to?

Local education authority

What do functionalists argue about comprehensive education?

Promotes social integration

How does it promote social integration?

Brings children of all backgrounds together

What did Julienne Ford (1969) find?

There is little mixing between working and middle class pupils

Why is there little mixing?

Because of streaming

Why do functionalists argue comprehensive education is more meritocratic?

Gives pupils longer to show their abilities

Why do Marxists argue that education doesn't produce meritocracy?

Because they pass it down by the practice of streaming and labelling

What does comprehensive education hinder?

Working-class children opportunities

By abolishing the 11+, what is the education seen more as?

Equal