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Education 1944-79 (11+ exams (Secondary Technical Schools were training…
Education 1944-79
11+ exams
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Grammar schools focused on pure maths, english lit and classics
70% of pupils attended these schools and left with a Certificate of Education. Some went into tech schools but most people went into work
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Scale of this is quite big since it would be affecting everyone in the country and the impact was significant because it would determine a child's education and future profession
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Problems with education
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Promoted learning through play in the early years and avoided teaching grammar and punctuation as it stopped creativity
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Impact of the 1944 Act
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Significant impact here because children would get another year of education and in addition to this there was a new 11+ exam. This would determine the quality of the education a child will get. The fact we still have them today indicates it is positive and has been lasting for a long time. Scale of this is big since it would be impacting every child in the UK
School day
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The school day shows the difference between the type of education girls would get before they were born compared to boys. The scale of this was big since this would be affecting every child in Britain. School day for a boy was going into engineering and this was to follow stereotypes
Crosland circular (1965)
By 1966, the government refused to fund any LEA that did not change to a comprehensive system
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By 1964, 10% of students were in grammar schools
Some LEA's had been rejecting it since 1954 and comprehensive schools which took all children in despite their ability
O-Level (70s)
1973 education act raised school leaving age to 16 and allowed students to get work experience to help them get jobs
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Scale of the change is big since that it would be affecting everyone in the country and the impact is significant because it means everyone would gain an extra year of education and can leave with qualifications with more knowledge which can help employment. Also it can incentives people to break down society sterotpyes
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Problem with the system
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Designed to bring 'parity of esteem' to education, but grammar schools got most of the funding