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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- Economic Determinism
- Capitalism in the world of work
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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. -
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Leaving age increased to 15
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- Reconstruction of Education
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-Improving opportunties for children and young people
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- Recommended raising the school leaving age to 16
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-LEAs to provide students with grants for living costs and tuition fees
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To promote a more Child Centred Approach to education
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Middle class students are at an advantage due to their skills, knowledge and attitudes in education ‘Cultural Capital’
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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 -
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The Local Education Authorities organised work experience for last year school leavers
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Established by the DES to promote the development of methods of assessing and monitoring the achievement
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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 -
Vocational Education was introduced to create a closer link between school and the workforce.
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- Conservative 1979-1990
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- Introduction of more Vocational Courses & work placement
- Better standards OFSED (Office for Standards in Education)
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- 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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- 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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- 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 was introduced to raise standards in schools
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- Labour Party 1997
- Introduce more choice and diversity in education
- Citizenship education (aware of politics)
- Key Skills
- More Vocational courses
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-Including Citizenship within education.
- Preparing children to become good citizens in society and understanding what it means to belong to a community. -
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Following the Crick Report in 1998 Citizenship was introduced and applied to the curriculum.
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- This review was launched due to poor levels of Numeracy and Literacy skills in the work force
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Third report by the House of Commons.
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- Conservative Party
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- European countries are improving their capacity to forecast and anticipate skills needed
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- 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'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.
