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educational policies - labour party - Coggle Diagram
educational policies - labour party
social democratic theory
left wing sociological theory - opposite of new right but not as left wing as marxism
wants to reduce class inequality and believes in the redistribution of income from the rich to the poor
upholds the welfare state system to make society fairer
also encouraged competition and choice - league tables but also emphasised the equality of opportunity: sure start centres - provision of pre school education for lower income families in deprived areas ;-- education action zones - providing additional resources in deprived areas
policies
emphasised the equality of opportunity :
sure start centers- provision of pre school education for lower income families
converting comprehensive schools with poor results into city academies
new labour focused on diversity and choice, with things such as specialist schools, e.g. performing arts special status supported faith schools too
contradictory policies
EMA introduced but tuition fees also introduced by new labour, preventing some working class people from entering higher education.
education action zones- providing additional resources in deprived areas
educational maintenance allowance
aim higher programme- encouraging lower income families to consider university as an option.
coalition/ conservatives 2010 onwards
.-tuition fees raised to £9,000 p.a
.-scrapping EMA and sure start
.+free school meals for under 7's
.+ pupil premium introduced in 2011 - school funding to help disadvantaged students
.+ free schools- free of LEA control and more control of their budgets (marketisation)
reformed GCSE's (number system and less coursework to raise standards, and A levels, less coursework.)
CAGs (centre assessed grades)
lockdown policy
Marcus Rashford campaign- FSM during lockdown (reducing inequality)
education market (+) vs inequality
Education reform act - education becomes a market of parental choice
competition, choice, league tables, ofsted
new right (Chubb and Moe) - private education and parentocracy (David)
Only a market available for the middle classes, hence a myth of parentocracy
cultural and economic capital means marketisation favours M/C parents
New Labour- policies reducing inequalities
practice q's
outline 2 criticims of the tripartite system of education
class divides: upper/ middle class children ended up in grammars which took up 2/3 of places which meant w/c children were sent to secondary moderns - lacking equality of opportunity - reproduced the class system
supported the argument that ability was inborn
2 ways in which educational policies have reduced gender inequality in education
reformed GCSE and A levels - less coursework which is typically what girls exceed within, reducing coursework meant boys have more of an equal opportunity to achieve higher grades
scrapping of 11+ which meant to achieve- girls would need higher grades than boys to get into grammar schools however, now, girls had more of an equal opportunity to get into better school
3 examples of marketisation policies introduced in education
formula funding- schools receiving money based on how many students they had attending
publishing of league tables - gave parents more choice, also increased competition amongst schools
incorporation- sixth forms could now run their own budgets