Historical Social policy and education

What did Mary Woolstencroft say about women and education?

Women only viewed as inferior to men due to lack of female education

What act was passed in 1870?

Forster act

What did the Forster act entail?

First significant piece of government legislation on schooling, ensured state education was open to all students age five to ten

What was the issue with the Forster act?

Did not make education compulsory

What did the fisher act cause?

Schooling became compulsory until the age of 14

What schools were part of the tripartite system?

Secondary modern, technical and grammar

secondary moderns

Majority of kids, basic education and not entered for external exams until CSEs

technical schools

Around 5 percent of kids, focus on vocational subjects

What issues were there with the 11 plus?

increased the class divide, unfair towards girls and unreliable due to it being based off of IQ

What were the issues with the tripartite system?

In realit, no parity of esteem and resulted in a self fulfilling prophecy