advantages and disadvantages of the 1988 education reform act

/TT1 121 0 R /Rotate 0 >> /Parent 13 0 R /Type /Page /Contents 131 0 R It is the most significant policy that students need to be able to understand and evaluate within the education module for A-level sociology. >> << /ExtGState << /StructParents 66 endobj education, discipline that is concerned with methods of teaching and learning in schools or school-like environments as opposed to various nonformal and informal means of socialization (e.g., rural development projects and education through parent-child relationships). 0000033023 00000 n >> endobj >> /Font << >> /Order [] /TT3 159 0 R /Font << << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Type /Page >> >> /TT2 159 0 R /TT0 120 0 R /MC0 129 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Properties << >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /MC0 129 0 R >> /Font << /Type /Pages /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Last 114 0 R >> /TT0 120 0 R /Type /Page >> >> /Parent 12 0 R endobj endobj /StructParents 80 %PDF-1.4 /TT1 159 0 R /Type /Page >> /Font << >> /Type /Page /Rotate 0 << Those who passed the 11+ could go to grammar schools and the rest would settle on secondary moderns. Top-down federal and state . /TT2 226 0 R /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /Type /Page /TT1 121 0 R /Font << /Rotate 0 /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Resources << /Kids [62 0 R 63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R] >> /Pages 2 0 R /Contents 249 0 R /MC0 129 0 R /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /MC0 129 0 R However, no matter the intention, there are disadvantages of inclusive education as well. /Parent 17 0 R /Prev 115 0 R It is the most significant policy that students need to be able to . >> /Contents 219 0 R /Font << >> >> /GS0 125 0 R Did the schools market deliver?, which looks back at the 30 years since the passage of the 1988 act. Routledge. >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /StructParents 53 /TT1 121 0 R /TT2 226 0 R /Parent 10 0 R /TT0 120 0 R >> >> /TT1 121 0 R /Properties << The students with disabilities, such as auditory processing . By 3 August 1944 the . /Parent 12 0 R /TT1 226 0 R endobj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] Registered office: International House, Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XE, Advantages & disadvantages of The education reform act 1988. /Font << /TT1 121 0 R /ExtGState << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] 102 0 obj Educational disadvantage is demonstrated in many ways, most often in poor levels of participation and achievement in the . << /Contents 251 0 R >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Type /Page This benefits special education students and general education students alike. Educational Policy- 1988 Education Reform Act. >> /GS0 125 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] endobj /Resources << << The most far-reaching package of changes to the previously 'un-meritocrial' education system was introduced in the 1988 Education Reform Act. /StructParents 83 /TT2 159 0 R >> >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] >> /TT2 121 0 R /StructParents 56 endobj Poverty Reduction. /ExtGState << OFSTED Raised standard because a poor inspection could result in new management being imposed on underperforming schools. >> /Rotate 0 /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /TT3 226 0 R /Parent 10 0 R /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /TT1 226 0 R 14 0 obj >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /Rotate 0 /Rotate 0 << /TT1 121 0 R endobj /ExtGState << /Type /Page >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] From 1988 funding to individual schools was based on how many pupils enrolled in that school. This is the act which more than any other has shaped the modern education system. /Resources << 25 0 obj The government stipulated some criteria (children with siblings already at the school got preference for example, and those closest to the school also got preference) but eventually the government allowed some schools to become specialist schools where they were allowed to select 10% of their intake due to aptitude in a particular subject maths, music or sport for example. /TT0 120 0 R /MC0 129 0 R >> Approximately . /StructParents 5 /MC0 129 0 R >> /StructParents 42 /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /MC0 129 0 R /PieceInfo << endobj << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] Meanwhile, there is growing concern about the unintended consequences of high-stakes accountability; off rolling pupils less likely to succeed, teaching to the test, manipulation of the curriculum and small but significant number of orphan schools that none of the new edu-providers want. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] >> 23 0 obj 86 0 obj /Resources << 62 0 obj >> >> /GS0 125 0 R /Parent 2 0 R Free schools are all-ability state-funded schools set up in response to what local people say they want and need in order to improve education for children in their community. /ExtGState << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] 3 >> >> >> xref << /ExtGState << /TT1 121 0 R /TT2 231 0 R >> /StructParents 39 >> /StructParents 45 From a Neoliberal and New Right perspective the above is fundamentally flawed logic as it means that successful schools which are attracting more pupils are subsidising worse performing schools and so the 1988 Act required that LEASs hand over their money directly to schools based on pupil numbers (formula funding) which removed the power of LEAs to control local budgets. /CropBox [0 0 595 842] << >> /ExtGState << >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /ExtGState << >> /Contents 305 0 R 0000005855 00000 n 0000001418 00000 n /Resources << >> << /GS0 125 0 R /TT1 121 0 R endobj /Type /Page /Type /Page << /TT0 120 0 R List of the Pros of Federal Involvement in Education. >> 152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R 157 0 R] Go compare-style websites ranking local schools are taken for granted. << The Obama administration would like to provide national education standards that all states would be required to follow, according to a report on VOANews.com.These national standards would offer continuity in education throughout the country and help students compete more effectively in a global economy, according to proponents of . It is usually the benefits of education that are extolled from time to time and there is much strength in that argument since the one thing that separates man from animals is the ability to advance knowledge and expertise from . /StructParents 9 >> 0000004437 00000 n /Type /Page /TT1 121 0 R >> 78 0 obj /Rotate 0 39 0 obj Schools that provide parents and pupils with what they want such as good exam results will thrive. /Properties << /Parent 13 0 R /Rotate 0 Education Reform Act (1988) Aims To raise standards To make schools more accountable To run schools on 'market principles' and improve efficiency/competition To give parents (consumers) greater choice Creating an education 'market' so that schools were competing against each other for 'customers' (pupils). /ExtGState << /GS0 125 0 R /Properties << Created by: jocastle; Created on: 06-05-16 12:51; Educational Policy- 1988 Education Reform Act. /Marked true /TT1 121 0 R /Type /Pages /MC0 129 0 R /Resources << /CropBox [0 0 595 842] x?a*""/T HpO=Ua.qKKYSe,UO0]vem3__)S_TROatNSa`\BQrLlL$xpH9xV6rzN[#xPC*m !E|HRoD>KxkI]h*p]+GcB-sr)4v#%U_J~ +Esz3a7/bf!UI0Y>_x4&X!)zX >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /TT0 120 0 R /Rotate 0 67 0 obj The New Rights 1988 Education Reform Act put in place the policies which aimed to achieve the goal of raising standards. /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] >> /Rotate 0 /Resources << /Resources << /Properties << >> /GS0 125 0 R /Font << /Last 19 0 R /TT0 120 0 R /Resources << >> Get Revising is one of the trading names of The Student Room Group Ltd. Register Number: 04666380 (England and Wales), VAT No. /TT1 121 0 R /Type /Page /Resources << >> /Parent 11 0 R /ExtGState << - Encourages schools to compete and raise standards, - The more pupils, the more funding given to the school (FORMULA FUNDING), - Inequality widens between better performing schools in middle class areas and working class areas. >> /TT2 121 0 R The New Rights theory was that marketisation would improve efficiency in schools, which should automatically be achieved by making schools more competitive 0 therefore reducing the education budget. /Type /Page << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /GS0 125 0 R >> >> In that situation, the children of the poor are most likely to suffer.. /Name (HeaderFooter) /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /ExtGState << Because so many people do not have an education, when they get older, it is damaging their life and the world as a whole. /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /TT0 120 0 R /Parent 10 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] << 0000000994 00000 n /Font << /PageLabels 5 0 R minimal competition for funding the policy wont work unless parents a choice over which school to send their pupils to! /Font << /Parent 17 0 R /Contents 278 0 R >> << >> /Resources << endobj /Parent 3 0 R Advantages and disadvantages of . /Font << /TT2 121 0 R /Properties << /StructParents 67 /Count 10 /TT1 121 0 R 31 0 obj /Properties << /Properties << endobj 61 0 obj We use cookies to improve your website experience. /ExtGState << << /TT2 226 0 R >> /Resources << /TT0 120 0 R 27 0 obj >> endobj >> It firmly placed education in the marketplace, a process that began in the early 1980s under Mrs Margaret . /Type /Page /Font << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MC0 129 0 R 1965-1980: Promoting Equity in Access to Educational Opportunities 1981-1988: The Push for Educational Excellence 1989-1992: The Rise of Standards-Based Reform /ExtGState << /TT0 120 0 R 1 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /StructParents 31 /Properties << Those schools that dont perform so well will go out of business and either close down or be taken over by new management who will run things more efficiently. >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /ExtGState << >> >> For marketization to work parents must have a choice of where to send their children. /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /TT1 226 0 R /Contents 280 0 R It has stirred up heated responses from supporters of both sides in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities with its implications of political ideology and cultural identity. /Properties << /Type /Page /Resources << endobj >> /Properties << /Rotate 0 Where did all the GCSE pupils go and why has no one noticed? stream /Annots [160 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 167 0 R 168 0 R 169 0 R Back in 1988 these League Tables were only available as government publications and in schools prospectuses, but obviously today these have evolved so that they are now searchable for any school online!League Tables today, accessible online! /MC0 129 0 R /Properties << My own conclusions for what is needed now include reform of school admissions and a broader definition of what we mean by success, one that goes beyond simple test and exam results. >> /Type /Page endobj 34 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /TT1 226 0 R The Bill was back on track but women teachers had to wait until 29 December 1975, when the Equal Pay Act 1970 came into force, to be paid the same as their male equivalents. /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /CropBox [0 0 595 842] This increased parental choice created what is known as a parentocracy , which refers to the idea that parents are ultimately in control of their child's schooling. /Title /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] >> /Dest [110 0 R /XYZ 0 771 null] /Resources << /Font << >> /Title /TT0 120 0 R /Contents 302 0 R /Resources << >> 112 0 obj A market is always going to have winners and losers. /Contents 262 0 R /TT0 120 0 R & Berliner David C. 1992. . << /TT0 120 0 R Education Reformed: A Guide to the Education Reform Act . /Parent 11 0 R critical areas of reform which the policymakers may consider in crafting legislative interventions to broaden and reinforce further the gains of land reform in the country. /TT1 231 0 R /Parent 12 0 R Phillips, who seriously considered academy conversion for his school but decided to stay within Lambeth local authority, believes the innovative instincts behind the early academies have evaporated in the rush for mass academisation. /Resources << 19 0 obj 75 0 obj >> 0000007728 00000 n /Properties << /MC0 129 0 R /Parent 12 0 R /GS0 125 0 R /Dest [108 0 R /XYZ 0 771 null] /Parent 2 0 R /Properties << /CropBox [0 0 595 842] >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] (NB another aim of the New Right in education was to ensure that education equipped children with the skills for work, thus contributing to economic growth). /CropBox [0 0 595 842] >> /Resources << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Resources << 0000017863 00000 n /StructParents 62 /Count 10 endobj << Both brought with them changes that are . The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management In the last few decades, technology has exerted a profound influence on human resources management (HR). /Rotate 0 /ExtGState << /Resources << /Prev 18 0 R /StructParents 52 >> /Rotate 0 /ExtGState << /StructParents 48 /ExtGState << /Font << >> Gerbil - the great education reform bill, as it was known before . /TT3 159 0 R Government healthcare refers to government funding of healthcare services via direct payments to doctors, hospitals, and other providers. 8 0 obj << /ExtGState << >> /Type /Page Students who go to sink schools stand little hope of doing well. /TT0 120 0 R By Cyril John Barlongo. endobj This post has primarily been written forstudents of A-level sociology who are studying the education module in their first year. endobj And also there are some advantages the society and the economy can get from the k-12 program such as: The economy will experience accelerated growth in the long run. 1988 CHAPTER 40. /Properties << /GS0 125 0 R /GS0 125 0 R >> >> >> /Font << /GS0 125 0 R /ExtGState << 57 0 obj <> endobj /Type /Page >> >> /TT1 121 0 R 0000003916 00000 n The following overview of the evolution of ESEA and federal standards-based education reform policy is presented to contextualize ESSA and help inform how states respond to the new law. Thirty years ago, a single piece of legislation transformed the schools landscape, launching a national curriculum and key-stage testing, and devolving power from local authorities to heads. /TT0 120 0 R >> >> /Parent 17 0 R /StructParents 82 /First 113 0 R This will take effect in 2009. Teachers must present materials in different ways so that all of the students with different learning styles can understand the material. endobj /TT2 226 0 R /Parent 15 0 R << 16 0 obj >> /GS0 125 0 R 41 0 obj /GS0 125 0 R /Type /Pages << /TT1 121 0 R Following ARE THE Advantaged and Disadvantaged of New Education Policy 2020. /Rotate 0 /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] >> /Properties << I agree with that. >> >> >> /Resources << >> endobj Register to receive personalised research and resources by email. /TT0 120 0 R /Resources << /TT1 226 0 R >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Rotate 0 >> << /TT0 120 0 R /ExtGState << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] >> /Parent 16 0 R 22 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Font << The education received throughout a childhood determines how the future will be for the new generation. /Contents 306 0 R /Contents 299 0 R /Resources << /SourceModified (D:20040616123949) /Title /ExtGState << Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like 1944 Education Act - conservative, Advantages of 1944 Education Act, Disadvantages of 1944 Education Act and more. From 1980 parents were allowed to express a preference for the school they wanted to send their children too, the first time parents were realistically able to consider sending their children to schools miles away from where they lived. /Kids [102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /GS0 125 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /TT0 120 0 R /Contents 276 0 R 87 0 obj (In literal terms, it means the rule of the parents.). /Contents 295 0 R >> Private schools have always operated on these principles they charge fees and compete with each other for customers. endobj /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Type /Page The advantages and disadvantages of the above mentioned land reforms are as follows: Abolition of intermediaries: The abolition of intermediaries has led to the end of a parasite class. endobj >> Children can go to school with their childhood friends. /Resources << /Rotate 0 A considerable area of cultivable waste land and private forests . 24 0 obj /Resources << >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Font << /GS0 125 0 R >> /Contents 243 0 R /Properties << 107 0 obj endobj 57 0 obj endobj /TT0 120 0 R >> >> Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like 1944 Education Act (Butler Act), Comprehensive schooling 1965, Advantages and Disadvantages of comprehensive schools and more. 92 0 obj >> /GS0 125 0 R >> >> /Type /Page The idea is particularly associated with policies inspired by the New Right and with the Education Reform . /Parent 13 0 R >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Properties << /Contents 264 0 R /Resources << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Type /Page /Contents 224 0 R /GS0 125 0 R Did you know that with a free Taylor & Francis Online account you can gain access to the following benefits? >> >> >> /Type /OCG /Type /Page /Contents 268 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /GS0 125 0 R endobj >> /GS0 125 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] endobj >> /C2_0 232 0 R >> Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab. /StructParents 1 114 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Parent 11 0 R The Affordable Care Act has garnered a lot of debate since its implementation in 2010.The market continues to change as the healthcare reform debate continues. 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