Is ‘education’ about the pursuit of knowledge and truth, or a process of preparation for the world of work?
By I0107128
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Industrial Revolution
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State System of Education
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Karl Marx
- Economic Determinism
- Capitalism in the world of work
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Elementary Education Act
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Technical and Industrial Institutions Act
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Emile Durkheim (Functionalist)
Three functions that help individuals integrated in society within education;
- Education teaches skills needed in workforce
- Allocating individuals in appropriate jobs
- Education passes down core values
Durkheim thought education passes down norms and values to integrate individuals to create a social order. -
School leaving age raised to 12
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Subject based Curriculum
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Hadow Report
Leaving age increased to 15 -
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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White Paper
- Reconstruction of Education
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The 1944 Education Act
-Improving opportunties for children and young people -
Leaving age increased to 15
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Antonio Gramsci
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Crowther Report
- Recommended raising the school leaving age to 16
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Education Act
-LEAs to provide students with grants for living costs and tuition fees -
Comprehensive Schools
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Plowden Report
To promote a more Child Centred Approach to education -
Pierre Bourdieu
Middle class students are at an advantage due to their skills, knowledge and attitudes in education ‘Cultural Capital’ -
Ivan Illich
Illich believe in abolishing schools as there were only four different functions;
- Educations look after children during the day
- Children are put into job roles within education
- Education passes on dominant values
- Education helps individuals learn skills and knowledge -
Employment and Training Act
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Education Work Experience Act
The Local Education Authorities organised work experience for last year school leavers -
Assessment of Performance Unit
Established by the DES to promote the development of methods of assessing and monitoring the achievement -
Bowles & Gintis
They believe that the education system motivates children by grades in comparison the work force motivate employees by paying them to complete work.
- Hidden curriculum helps to teach young student the norms and values of the workforce such as school rules which later relate to work rules -
James Callaghan
Vocational Education was introduced to create a closer link between school and the workforce. -
Warnock Report
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Margaret Thatcher
- Conservative 1979-1990 -
Curriculum Matters
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Swann Report (Education for all)
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National Curriculum
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The 1988 Education Reform Act (Conservative)
- Introduction of more Vocational Courses & work placement
- Better standards OFSED (Office for Standards in Education)
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Education Schools Act
- The establishment of OFSTED
- Aims of OFSTED:
- A Unique Child - Development, inclusion, safety, health, well being.
- Positive Relationships - respect, partnership with parents/carers, supporting learning, role of the key person.
- Enabling Environments - observation, assessment, planning, support for every child, the learning environment, transitions, continuity, multi agency working.
- Learning and Development - children develop and learn in different ways and rates, all areas of lea
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League Tables
- John Major's Conservative government as part of the Citizen's Charter.
- John Major's Conservative government as part of the Citizen's Charter.
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The Dearing Report
- Major review of National Cuuriculum
- Exploring the views that testing was damaging good teaching and learning.
- Young people should have more choice in optional subjects.
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The White Paper
- The White Paper was introduced to raise standards in schools
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Tony Blair
- Labour Party 1997
- Introduce more choice and diversity in education
- Citizenship education (aware of politics)
- Key Skills
- More Vocational courses
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Crick Report
-Including Citizenship within education.
- Preparing children to become good citizens in society and understanding what it means to belong to a community. -
National Numeracy Strategy
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Learning and Skills Act
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Citizenship
Following the Crick Report in 1998 Citizenship was introduced and applied to the curriculum. -
Every Child Matters
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Leitch Review
- This review was launched due to poor levels of Numeracy and Literacy skills in the work force
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Gordon Brown
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Testing & Assessment Report
Third report by the House of Commons. -
David Cameron
- Conservative Party
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‘New skills for new jobs’ Euridice Report
- European countries are improving their capacity to forecast and anticipate skills needed
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The Wolf Report
- Recommendations for improvements in Vocational Education to promote successful progression into the labour market including higher level education and training routes.
- Recommendations for improvements in Vocational Education to promote successful progression into the labour market including higher level education and training routes.
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Plato
- Plato's belief was that truth exist within education but one has to search.
- 'Allegory of the cave' Plato refers the cave to the education system exploring the thought that once an individual leaves the cave truth will come forward.
- Plato's belief was that truth exist within education but one has to search.
