Education Revision 2013
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Education Revision 2013
Education Revision 2013Role of EducationEducation Policy Social class & attainmentGender and attainmentEthnicity and attainmentIn school processesVocational educationGender & Subject Choice
The main aims of policies have beenTo meet the needs of the economyTo raise standardsMarketization competition/accountabilityTo promote equal opportunities (reduce inequality)
THESE POLICY AIMS CAN OVERLAPbackNext EVALUATION OF EXTERNAL FACTORSback
Social class is more significant than ethnicity
Language does not hold back Indian and Chinese students
Evidence of high expectations and support for Afro-Caribbean students
Arguments against..The National Curriculum has too much content.
Work experience can be irrelevant and time-wasting.
The link between economy and school is too great.
Problems of society do not lie with schools but a poorly managed economy.
Post-school schemes only exist to reduce unemployment statistics amongst youth.
Post-school schemes are low paid.
Post-school schemes keep the young in suspended animation as a cheap pool of labour for exploitation.
Such schemes are deskilling and not reskilling.
Concern for growing academic-vocational divide.
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