Year 12 Sociology students have been looking at how the education system in the UK has changed.
Have a look at the cartoon above and think about your views on the tripartite system and comprehensive system introduced by the Labour governemnt in the 1960s.
Which system do you think is best and why? Think about who the potential winners and losers are in each type of school system. You could also consider what advice you would give to the current coalition government in terms of how the education system could change in the future in order to adapt to a changing social world.
13 comments:
I believe that the most sucessful system is the comprehensive system introduced by the labour party. This is because it allows all classes and abilities to mix together and create a diverse way of learning. Being educated with different social types allows you to have a greater knowledge of the people around you and prepares you for work as you already have experiance working with people different to yourself.
Charlotte Booth 12EJ
I think the comprehensive system is the best way because it does not promote a self- fulfilling prophecy for students to fulfil. As a result of the tripartite system students could develop a low self esteem and may feel they are incapable of fulfilling their potential. The comprehensive system does not segregate the "clever" people from the not so clever people therefore there is a sense of equality.
Aeysha
I think that the comprehensive system is better because, it doesn't segregate students, and it gives them all the same opportunities. The tripartite system could have led to the self-fulfiling prophecy.
Saman Ul-Haq
I think that the most successful system in education is the comprehensive system. This is because it allows all classes and all abilities to group together and all learn without uppser class groups or more well educated students being seperated and causing inferior and superior problems. Being educated with different classes and groups increases your knowledge as you would also learn from the people around you and allows people to work in a place of harmony and equality.
Rickie Lee Newton 12RC
The comprehensive system is the best education system. It gives different ability students to socialise with people the same and different to them. Even though a comprehensive system education has mixed ability students, there is a restriction and requirements for students when picking which subjects they want to do. This means that students can go into occupations that are suited to them. Each student can focus on their own careers, unlike the tripartite system where students were all at the same a bility and competing with each other.
Zulekha Naseer 12RC
i beleive that the comprehensive system is the most beneficial education system as it represents more equality of learning among pupils/children who are aiming for the same aspirations. The tripartite system seemes flawed in the sense that people were selected and groped according to class, wealth or ability when realistically speaking everyone is entitled to the same treatment and education. Therefore, eventhough the comprehensive system is also flawed in the way that pupils are still streamed acording to ability within the actual school. This is not a deliberate choice but the outcome is delinquency and low self esteem which results in the 2 subcultures dividing into those who reach higher positions in society and those who are left with the lower ends (eg. jobs, money etc).
Alisha Naz 12ALQ
I belive that the comprehensive system is the best system, as everybody is seen as an equal at first, then the child is able to make their own position with in the school, where streaming is concerned. Being in a school with a mixed ability may allow the child to feel more comfortable within mixed ability groups.
Sabiha Manzoor
I think the comprehensive system is the better one. Despite the brightest kids being held back by the slow learners, there is a diverse environment which prepares the young people for the world of work in which people around you will be at different levels and abilities. Also this system allows young people to have more of a say in where they go and where they believe they will work effectively rather than just being placed anywhere.For the future, young people would benefit with EMA and other benefits as extra support when the financial situation of the country imporoves.
Abiha Rashid 12SRA :)
I think the best system is the Comprehensive education system; this is because this gives everyone an equal opportunity and allows students from all abilities to socialise without any barriers. Additionally, many local authorities abolished the 11+, therefore took the pressure off the children, because they could decide about their future appropriately. On the other hand the tripartite system would have a detrimental affect on the students; this is because it develops a low esteem within a person. However, if a student is within an environment with mixed abilities then they will feel more comfortable and would concentrate more on their own future !!
Sumera 12GP
I think that the comprehensive system would be the most beneficial for students as it allows them to be given equal opportunities and chances to socialise with different people with a variety of abilities. In the comprehensive system everyone is the winner as there is no direct segregation between ‘clever’ and ‘dumb’ and everyone can feel they are being given an equal chance to show their potential and be able to excel. This would create a more harmonised society.
Evie Parkinson
I think both system have their strengths and weaknesses. Neither one is better than the other. The comprehensive system allows students to work within a mixed ability group and doesnt discriminate in terms of social class but other the other hand it may retrict student of high ability to progress further and may be too much for students that keep up with the work. Also the comprehensive system doesnt stop discrimination in terms of social class as it is still possible within a diverse school.
The tripartite system serperate students in terms of ability and class and doesnt allow for diversity to take place within it's system. This system gives students low self esteem and causes discrimination with social classes. There is also no diversity as each type of school will have people from the same backgound. Also getting into the top schools in based on a pass/fail tast and could mean the different between a good or bad education. doing the 11+ is also a lot of pressure and the age is such a young age to determine a childs future.
However seperate school aloows people to specialse in subjects thay want and allows people to progress as everyone is at the same level and the majority of students would be well within their comfort zone.
I think the comprehensive system is the most effective because in this kind of school all classes and abilities can mix together so they all get the same opportunities and so there is no segregation. However there is obviously streaming in comprehensive schools that is a fairer way of doing things than the tripartite system because even though they will still be grouped according to their ability but they will be doing the same subjects as everyone else, will have the same equipment and resources as everyone else and will be in the same school environment as their friends. And through the comprehensive system they will be able to achieve a better form of secondary socialisation than when the tripartite system was in place because they will be able to learn about people in all different classes and about lots of different kinds of people.
Leigh Smith 12RAS
I'm in a grammar schol but sometimes i wish i wasn't segregated from comprehensive schools because we are not that different.
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