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two types of schools:
1. grammar schools teaching Latin to priests
2. Song schools teaching 'sons of gentle folk' to sing in cathedral choirs -
Decimation of the priesthood
needed to replenish scholars which had been lost
New university - Oxford - independent from church control -
Outlawed education for serfs unless permitted by their masters. Masters had no interest in serfs being educated. It wasn't in their best interests. -
Dissolution of the monasteries
Church influence reduced dramatically but curriculum still the same - grammar schools, bibles, Latin, Greek
Education was still predominantly male -
Industrial revolution - population doubled from 1750-1820 and then again to 1870
schooling was random and informal
curriculum was reading the scriptures
National schools from 1811 -
the beginning of active state intervention
curriculum needed to cater for the needs of a growing manufacturing economy and empire
schools began teaching new subjects - science, maths, languages
preparing students for careers in administration and services -
Educational need according to social class - three grades of parents:
First grade - for children who would go on to university
second grade - education up to age 16
third grade - education to age 14 -
compulsory elementary education for girls and boys
the three 'Rs' (reading , writing, 'rithmatic)
schools were fee-paying except for qualifying 'poor' -
Established LEAs
broad curriculum available to all -
post-war reconstruction
state education now free to all children
compulsory age raised to 15 (to 16 in 1973)
Tripartite system - grammar schools, secondary modern schools and secondary technical schools
entry exams -
promoted new ways of teaching
progressivism, humanism and child-centered approaches -
National curriculum consisting of 14 subjects
introduction of SATS and GCSE
League tables wee introduced -
established Ofsted to inspect schools every six years and ensure compliance -
A revamp of the curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales for education up to age 16
Created the four purposes of education - ambitious, capable learners, enterprising, create contributors, healthy, confident individuals, ethical, informed citizens
Six areas of learning and experience - expressive arts, health and wellbeing, humanities, languages, literacy and communication, mathematics and numeracy, science and technology -
Towards 2030 - a framework for building a world-class post-compulsory education system in Wales