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8. Marketisation Policies 1980s Flashcards

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Define Marketisation

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Tightly tied to privatisation - services which were previously controlled by government or local authorities are given freedom of control to operate like an independent business

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What are the market forces schools were now subject to?

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  1. Supply and demand
  2. Competition
  3. Consumer choice
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In the 1980s what did schools begin to operate like?

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Private businesses.

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What did the Conservative party at the time favour?

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The neoliberal ideology of marketisation of education based on competition and choice which helps promote better standards.

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Before 1988 where were most parents encouraged to send their children?

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Encouraged to send children to their local schools

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What were the key aims of the Education Reform Act 1988?

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-Give more control to parents and schools
-Raise educational standards through competition and choice
-Create an identical curriculum across the country
-Make schools accountable through Ofsted inspections and League tables.

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Define Parentocracy

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A Childs education depends on the choice of their parents rather than their ability.

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What does parentocracy reflect?

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Political ideology

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AO3 of parentocracy

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More affluent parents are able to make more effective choices than other parents

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What are 3 factors helping parents choose schools?

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  1. School diversity
  2. Ofsted inspection reports
  3. School league tables
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What has grown since 1980?

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Growing range of different types of state funded schools

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Give examples of some state-funded schools

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-Community schools
-Academies
-Free schools
-Grammar schools
-Faith schools

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  1. League tables, cream-skimming, educational triage: Which schools will be in higher demand?
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Schools with higher exam results will be in higher demand

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  1. League tables, cream-skimming, educational triage: What does more demand for high exam results schools encourage?
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Encourages schools to raise standards and climb league tables.

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Define Cream-skimming

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Good schools can be more selective choosing the highest achieving.

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Define Silt-shifting

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Schools avoid taking less able pupils who may damage their position in league tables eg working class pupils

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  1. League tables, cream-skimming, educational triage: Which schools can’t be selective with their pupils?
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Schools in lower positions can’t be selective so results stay low and the school is unattractive to MC parents.

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  1. League tables, cream-skimming, educational triage: What do league tables encourage?
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League tables encourage educational triage - focus is on grade 3/4 students so they pass their GCSE

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Define Formula funding

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Where schools are allocated funding based on a number of factors

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  1. Formula funding: What are the factors formula funding is based on?
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-Pupil characteristics (ages, specific needs, number of pupils)
-School characteristics (location, primary or secondary)
-Local area factors (cost of living, level of deprivation)

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  1. Formula funding: Which schools get more funds?
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Popular schools meaning they can afford experienced teachers leading to high exam results and high positions in league tables.

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  1. Formula funding: What can’t schools in lower position afford?
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Experiences teachers so results stay low and the school remains unpopular.

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  1. Formula funding: Result of formula funding?
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Popular schools with good results & MC pupils thrive. Schools with mostly WC pupils fail so funding is further reduced.

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  1. Formula funding: Conclusion of formula funding?
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Competition orientated education systems reproduce social class inequalities

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  1. Myth of parentocracy: Who do marketisation policies advantage?
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MC parents

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  1. Myth of parentocracy: What are the 3 types of parents identified?
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-Privileged skilled chooser
-Disconnected local choosers
-Semi skilled choosers

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  1. Myth of parentocracy: Who are the Privileged skilled choosers?
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Professional MC parents that use their cultural, social and economic capital to take advantage of choses open to them.

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  1. Myth of parentocracy: Who are the Disconnected local choosers?
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WC parents with respected choices due to lack of capital.

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  1. Myth of parentocracy: Who are the Semi skilled choosers?
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Mainly WC parents but are more ambitious for their children, rely on other peoples opinions of schools.

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Define Privatisation

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When services once owned and provided by the state are now tranferred to private companies.

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What are the 2 main types of privatisation in education?

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  1. Endogenous
  2. Exogenous
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Define Endogenous

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Privatisation of education within the system, schools and universities operate more like private businesses

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Examples of Endogenous privatisation

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-Competition between schools for students
-Efficient running of schools
-Performance related pay for teachers
-League tables & inspections

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Define Exogenous

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Privatisation outside the education system, private profit making businesses deliver parts of education previously run by the state.

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Examples of Exogenous privatisation

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-School services eg training, maintenance, catering & cleaning.
-Management
-School inspections eg Ofsted
-School branding eg website construction, logo
-External exams

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Positive evaluation of privatisation

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-More business like so schools more efficient, more children educated to a higher standard.
-More choice for parents
-Profit motive may encourage companies to improve schools with poor quality education.

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Negative evaluation of Privatisation

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-Money may be drained from the education system
-Cherry picking which schools to improve
-Private companies may go out of business leaving children without schools
-Making money may override needs of children.

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