Tag: marketisation
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Unequal parental choice
marketisation policies mean unequal parental choice as middle class parents have more cultural capital
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Evaluating the New Right’s Perspective on Education
results have improved since marketisation, but at the expense of teaching the test and widening class inequalities.
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Why do universities make unconditional offers?
1 in 3 sixth formers now receive at least one unconditional offer from a university. 117 000 students received a university offer with at least one unconditional element last year, compared to just 3000 five years earlier. (Guardian article, Jan 31st 2018). And according to the latest UCAS figures, there are 20 universities which are…
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Applying material from the item, analyse two criticisms of the view that religion is merely a tool of oppression
This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A level sociology paper 2: topics in sociology (section B: beliefs in society option). Read the item, and then answer the question below. Item Karl Marx famously argued that religion was the ‘opium of the masses’…
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Applying material from the item, analyse two reasons for gender differences in the membership of religious organisations.
This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A level sociology paper 2: topics in sociology (section B: beliefs in society option). Read the item, and then answer the question below. Item Feminists have criticized many traditional religions such as Christianity and Islam for…
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Analyse two ways in which marketization policies may have increased inequality of educational opportunities for some students (10)
Exam practice for A-level sociology
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Coalition Education Policy (2010-2015)
The coalition government continued the marketisation of education. They introduced Free schools, forced acadamisation, increased university tuition fees, but also the Pupil Premium.
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The 1988 Education Reform Act
The New Right’s 1988 Education Act introduced marketisation to British schools, through league tables and open enrolment. This post explores some of the strengths and limitations of these policies.
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Education Policies – A Summary
The main aims, policy details and evaluations of the main waves of UK education policy – including the 1944 Butler Education Act, the introduction of Comprehensives in 1965, the 1988 Education Act which introduced marketisation, New Labour’s 1997 focus on academies and the 2010 Coalition government’s Free Schools.
