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EQUALITY - Coggle Diagram
EQUALITY
SELECTION AND ADMISSION POLICIES
Types of selection:
By ability: Entrance tests
By aptitude: Talents
By faith
Arguments in favor of selection:
Allows "high-flyers" to benefit.
Specialized and focused teaching can take place
Arguments against selection:
Late developers dont benefit.
Mixed ability fosters social cohesion.
Reduced risk of labelling and therefore SFP.
HA can act as an inspiration to other students.
OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND PARENTAL CHOICE:
OEP mean that parents can apply to any state school, in any area and if the school is under subscribed they must take the child.
However, over subscribed schools fill up quickly so many parents dont get their first choice.
Over subscription policies:
Priority to: Children in care, pupil premium, siblings, catchment area (closest first), faith
COVERT SELECTION:
TOUGH AND BROOKS:
Backdoor social selection to cherry pick students.
Disocuraging parents of poorer students from applying in the first place through high uniform prices, making literature hard to understand, not adveritising in poorer areas.
Faith schools require a letter from spiritual leader to gain insight to the potential students family and commitment to both the faith and school ethos.
GILLBPORN AND YOUDELL: 4 aspects of quality
Equality of participation: All students have the chance to participate on equal footing in the processes of school
Equality of circumstances: Children should all start school with a similar socio-economic background so that they are all truly equal.
Equality of access: Every child should have the same opportunities to access educational provisions of similar quality regardless of socio-economic backgrounds.
Equality of outcome: All students have the same chances of achievement in education regardless of socio-economic background.
POLICIES
1988 Educational reform act (National curriculum)
All schools had to teach the same core curriculum
EV: Not suitable for all, suits "academic" pupils more.
1965: Comprehensive Act
Got rid of 11+ exam and made it so all students would get "parity of esteem and equality within education
EV: Comprehensives are large schools so lack individual attention
School admissions code
EV: covert selection still takes place by schools and parents. Post code lottery
Forbids discrimination in admitting pupil on grounds of socio-economic backgrounds or ability
Pupil premium: additional funding for those students from a poor socio-economic background
EV: KERR AND WEST: too many other factors outside of school that impact achievement.
Three aims of education policy
Economic efficiency: develop the skills of the young to improve the labor force. this involves making the education system meet the needs of industry and employers
Raising educational standards: UK education needs to compete in a global market and is ranked against other countries.
Creating equality of educational opportunity: ensuring that all students get the best opportunities.