Intelligence tests

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Intelligence tests

• Could you have passed the eleven plus examination?

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Arithmetic

• 1 A man left home at 11.30 a.m. and cycled 5
  miles to a railway station at the rate of 12
  miles an hour. He waited 10 minutes at the
  station and then travelled by train a distance of
  36 miles at the rate of 24 miles an hour. At what
  time did he reach his destination?
• 2 There were 9,975 spectators at a football
  match. This is 5 per cent more than were present
  at the preceding match. How many attended the
  previous match?

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Arithmetic answers

• 1. 1.35 p.m.
• 2. 9,500 spectators

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English

• Write out the following passage again, including
  only the one correct word from each bracket The
  boy (who, whom, what) we met at the baths and
  (who, whom, what) spoke to (you, I, me) and (you,
  I, me) is Harry Baines he (use, used) to live
  near me and he often (come, came, went) to my
  house to play with me. He had a good stamp
  collection the total number of his stamps (are,
  was, were) more than three thousand. (He, Him,
  Me) and (I, him, me) (was, am, were) great
  friends.
• 2 Make adjectives from these nouns beauty,
  slope, glass, friend, doubt, expense, delight,
  sleep, danger, sport.

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English answers

• 1. The boy whom we met at the baths and who spoke
  to you and me is Harry Baines he used to live
  near me and he often came to my house to play
  with me. He had a good stamp collection the
  total number of his stamps was more than three
  thousand. He and I were great friends.
• 2. beautiful, sloping, glassy, friendly,
  doubting, expensive, delightful, sleeping,
  dangerous, sporting/sporty

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General intelligence

• The leader of a Guide patrol is named Mary
  Jenkins so her surname is Jenkins, her Christian
  name is Mary, and her initials are M.J. There are
  6 other girls in her patrol each has 2 initials.
  Surnames Brown, Smith, Evans, Clark, Jones.
  Christian names Molly, Celia, Gwen, Ruth, Sally.
  Two girls have surname and Christian names
  beginning with the same letter two others are
  named Ruth. One of the twins has the same
  initials as the leader, and the other has the
  same Christian name as Evans. Write down each
  girl's full name.

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General intelligence answer

• Celia Clark
• Sally Smith
• Molly Jones
• Ruth Jones
• Ruth Evans
• Gwen Brown

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Is the education system meritocratic?

• Evaluating the extent to which children have
  equality of opportunity in British schools
• PowerPoint 1

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Sociological Targets

• To understand that children have very different
  experiences of education.
• To understand that many factors can affect how
  well children do in school many of these are
  social and not intellectual.
• To identify some of the social characteristics
  that predispose children to failure or success.

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Personal targets

• To write a short examination style answer
• To contribute to whole class discussion in an
  orderly fashion
• To think critically about social issues

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What is meritocracy?

• One of the main understandings of the
  functionalist view of the education system is
  that it acts as a ladder of opportunity for
  people to achieve the best that they can,
  according to their ability.
• The best people will then go on to gain the best
  jobs and become the leaders of their society.
• This belief is known as meritocracy.

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Current social debate

• The education system in Britain since World War 2
  has operated under the principle of providing
  equal opportunity for all pupils.
• Do all children in Britain have an equal chance
  to do well?
• Is Britain a meritocracy?

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New learning

• All schools have equality policy
• Governors must discuss the policy
• Teachers must apply the policy
• Equality policy applies to all government
  departments
• Examination systems are expected to be equally
  fair to all candidates
• Ofsted and Estyn will inspect how well schools
  apply their equality policy

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Thinking for yourself

• What is meritocracy?
• What is the purpose of school policy?
• How aware are you of your school's Equality
  Policy?
• How aware are teachers of the schools Equality
  Policy?

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Defining Equality

• How would you define equality?
• 2 minutes on your own,
• 2 minutes to discuss with your neighbour.

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A H Halsey

• Equality of Opportunity
• Every one has equal access to the institutions of
  society
• Equality of Outcome
• People appear in social institutions in the
  proportions in which they appear in our society

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Attainment of five or more GCSE grades A to C
by parental NS-SEC, 2002, England Wales
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Understanding

• What is the relationship between social class and
  educational attainment?

Does this inequality of educational attainment
really matter? Look at the next slide for an
answer
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Employment rates and gross weekly earnings for
full-time employees of working age by highest
qualification, spring 2003, UK
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Who is unequal?

• Social class
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Locality and type of school attended.

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Summary of key points

• Equality of opportunity is when people have the
  same rights and opportunities.
• British society does offer equality of
  opportunity, with some exceptions.
• Equality of outcome is when people actually do as
  well or as badly in the proportion in which they
  appear in the population.
• British society does not have equality of
  outcome, and in many cases, inequalities are
  widening.
• The main areas of inequality are social class,
  gender, ethnicity and locality.

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Assessment

• You have 10 minutes to answer the following
  examination style question.
• Is the British education system meritocratic?
• You will need to summarise the key points of the
  lesson, briefly and succinctly.
• Show AO1 skills of knowledge.

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Independent study

• Look at the following BBC News pages
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4185697.stm
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3148375.stm
• Add good notes to your folder on these stories