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Essay / Social Class and Educational Quality - 1185
One of the concerns regarding social justice in education is that there are marginalized groups within society who do not have equal access to learning and living opportunities they deserve. The concept of social justice emphasizes that every individual within society is entitled to equal rights and opportunities. This means that a person from a lower class background deserves the same opportunities as someone from a wealthier background. It is about realizing and recognizing that there are certain situations where applying the same rules to unequal groups can sometimes lead to unbalanced results. It is therefore crucial that the government creates a program that can empower every student, regardless of their social background, and that can easily identify groups of people facing such inequalities. At a time when we live in an uncertain globalized economy, it is essential that the government takes appropriate measures to minimize these inequalities. Even in today's society, social class remains one of the strongest indicators of educational achievement in the UK, where the social class gap in educational achievement is one of the most significant, illustrating both the scale of wider social inequalities in the UK and an obstacle to meritocracy and social mobility. The National Curriculum is a piece of legislation that was implemented by the government in 1989 as a guide for schools to set out what pupils were expected to learn and how the information was to be delivered. Learning is therefore something that needs to be planned and oriented because you must specify in advance what you are trying to achieve and how you should go about it. John Kerr defines curriculum as: “All learning... in the middle of a sheet of paper... one to succeed, to excel, to prepare for life. » This raises the question of whether a school is successful in teaching a class. Anyon showed that the learning process adapts differently depending on the social class of each individual. Even if students are equipped with the tools necessary to acquire functional literacy within their community, the quality of education is unevenly distributed, meaning it is very difficult for working-class children to acquire the skills good grades and the knowledge necessary to occupy better-paid jobs and prestigious companies. Works Cited Kelly, AV (1983; 1999) The Curriculum. Theory and Practice 4e, London: Paul Chapman.Blenkin, GM et al (1992) Change and the Curriculu, London: Paul ChapmanSocial Class and the Hidden Curriculum JEAN ANYON (From: Journal of Education, Vol. 162, no. 1 , autumn 1980.)