The Main ‘Waves’ of Education Policies
- 1944 – The Tripartite System
- 1965 – Comprehensivisation
- 1988 – The 1988 Education Reform Act
- 1997 – New Labour’s Education Policies
- 2010 – The Coalition and the New New Right’s Education Policies
Possible Issues Questions Might Focus On
- To what extent have policies raised standards in education?
- To what extent have policies improved equality of opportunity?
- Perspectives on selection as an educational policy
- Perspectives on the increased privatisation of education
- How is globalisation affecting educational and educational policy?
| Some Concepts and specific policies you need know about | |
| In the context of education, briefly explain what is meant by….
· The Tripartite system · Comprehensivisation · Marketisation · Parentocracy · The New Right · League Tables · The National Curriculum · Selection by mortgage · Teaching to the test · Polarisation · Sink schools |
· The school-parent alliance
· Disconnected choosers and skilled choosers · Cultural and social capital · Academies · Free Schools · Sure Start · Education Maintenance Allowance · Vocationalism · Modern Apprenticeships · Compensatory education · Faith schools · Free schools |
Possible Outline and Essay Questions
- Outline two ways in which educational policies since 1988 have aimed to create a market in education (10)
- Outline two consequences of the increased privatisation of education (10)
- Assess the view that educational policies since 1988 have failed to improve equality of
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