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WorksheetsPolicies in Education
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 5mins
Before the industrial revolution there was no state school.
True
False
The state made schooling compulsory from the ages of 5 to 13 in what year?
1889
1980
1944
1880
What year was the tripartite system introduced?
1945
2005
1944
1940
At what age did pupils sit the exam to gain entry into the 3 different types of schools?
11
12
10
15
When was the comprehensive system introduced?
1965
1955
1976
1978
Marketisation has become the central theme of which government?
Labour
Liberal
Conservative
New Right
The aim of league tables are to..?
Publish reports of ranking of schools based on exam performance
To allow schools to opt of out local authority funding
To allow business sponsorships of schools
Silt shifting is when good schools can avoid taking less able students who are likely to get poor results.
True
False
Which sociologist did a study on parental choice?
Sharon Gewirtz
Stephen Ball
Miriam David
David Cameron
Who are the privileged skilled choosers?
Professional m/c parents who used their economic and cultural capital to choose the best schools for their children,
Working class parents who were unable to use cultural capital to choose schools because of their lack of understanding.
Ambitious working class parents who wanted the best for their children but lacked the cultural capital.
Which sociologist believed marketisation reproduced inequality.
Stephen Ball
Miriam David
Sharon Gewirtz
Tony Blair
The New Labour Government introduced which of the following.
Aim Higher
EAZ
EMA
ERA
From 2010, all schools were encouraged to leave local authorities and become what?
Private
Academies
Grammar
Free schools
Many private companies in the education services industry are foreign owned. The exam board Edexcel is owned by who?
Australia
United States
Sweden
China
The private sector is also penetrating education indirectly, through vending machines on school premises and the development of brand loyalty. What is this known as?
Mcdonaldization of schools
Cola-isation of schools
Liberalisation of schools
Commodifying of schools
A Cadbury's sport equipment promotion was scrapped after it revealed that pupils would have to eat how many chocolate bars to qualify for a set of volleyball posts?
10,000
5,440
6.400
20,000
Policies aimed at gender equality have also had an impact, what initiative was introduced to help girls into STEM subjects?
GIST
GIFT
GICT
ITCS
Identify one criticism of MCE
It is mere tokenism and picks out stereotypical features of minority cultures.
It has a detailed monitoring system of exam results by ethnicity.
It helped promote racial equality.
It helped assimilate minority ethnic groups into mainstream British culture.
