Journal article
The political rhetoric of parity of esteem
- Abstract:
- The vocational and academic routes that make up the English education system have different purposes, for different stakeholders, with different outcomes; they can be complementary routes but are not analogous. Consequently, calls for parity of esteem belie the fundamental intention and importance of each. While these calls have persisted for over 70 years, parity between the two routes has not been achieved. This paper questions whether the term parity of esteem is useful or simply political rhetoric. It argues that parity of esteem is unachievable when one of the routes is regarded without much esteem at all, and that political rhetoric focussing on social mobility through education, specifically higher education as a means to achieving it, actively undermines the vocational route, making parity of the routes a political pipe dream.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/03054985.2020.1866522
Authors
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- Oxford Review of Education More from this journal
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 513-528
- Publication date:
- 2021-01-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-12-16
- DOI:
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1465-3915
- ISSN:
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0305-4985
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1149929
- Local pid:
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pubs:1149929
- Deposit date:
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2020-12-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Informa UK Ltd.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor and Francis at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1866522
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