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CONSERVATIVES 1979-97 - Coggle Diagram
CONSERVATIVES 1979-97
Vocational Education
Conservative government from 1979 to 1997 aimed to develop a vocational education and training system to meet the needs of industry
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Many argued that this rise was largely due to schools failing to teach appropriate work skills to young people
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The new vocationalism- this term was used to describe new vocational training initiatives introduced in the 1970s and aimed at unemployed young people.
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Ball, Bowe and Gewirtz
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Conclusion
Encouragement of parental choice, the publication of league tables, open enrolment and other policies designed to make education more market-oriented have all served to make education less egalitarian
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The effects on schools
The study found that most schools were “paying a lot more attention to what parents want for their children's education”
, it was not the case that schools were equally keen to attract all students
The publication of league tables meant thats schools were increasingly keen to attract academically able students who would boost the schools league table performance and improve its reputation
As schools have concentrated on the more able students, they have paid less attention to those with special education needs (SENs)
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