The Evolution of UK Education Policies: 1944 to Post-Covid E...
43K views · Jun 6, 2024 revisesociology.com
Join us as we delve into the history of education policies in the UK, spanning from the introduction of the Tripartite System in 1944 to the Covid-19 lockdown policies of 2020-2022. Discover how each policy, from grammar schools to comprehensive schools, and from the 1988 Education Act to the recent Catch Up Premium, aimed to address educational challenges and improve equality. Learn about the impact of social class, marketisation, and the pandemic on the UK's education system. Don't miss this comprehensive overview of the evolution of education in the UK!
Globalisation and Education
146K views · Jun 23, 2023 revisesociology.com
How has globalisation affected education in the U.K?
Taclott Parsons’ Perspective on Education
81K views · Jun 5, 2023 revisesociology.com
Summary of how modern education systems perform two main functions - role allocation and providing value consensus through meritocracy.
Postmodernism and Education
168K views · Jan 27, 2023 revisesociology.com
Is our education system becoming more postmodern? For a more in-depth dive please see this article: https://revisesociology.com/2019/09/25/postmodernism-and-education/
The marxist perspective on education
60K views · Dec 8, 2022 revisesociology.com
The Marxist Perspective on Education. covering the ISA, the correspondence principle and the reproduction and legitimation of class inequality.
The Functionalist Perspective on Education
41K views · Dec 8, 2022 revisesociology.com
Functionalists focus on the positive functions education performs for individuals and society. There are four positive functions - social solidarity, teaching the skills for work, acting as a bridge between home and school and role allocation.
1988 Education Act
46K views · Nov 30, 2022 revisesociology.com
The 1988 Education Act was introduced by the New Right Consverative Government. It introduced league tables, the National Curriculum, GCSeS, open enrolment and formula funding. The idea behind these policies was to create an education market (marketisation) - giving parents choice and making schools compete for pupils in order to drive up standards.