Education Policies (Marketisation) Flashcards
What is marketisation in education?
The process where services like education are pushed towards operating like a business based on supply and demand
Students are considered consumers rather than pupils.
Define privatisation in education.
Changing the internal processes of a school to be more like a business
Examples include treating parents and students as consumers, target setting, performance-related pay, and league tables.
What does privatisation of education entail?
Opening up aspects of education to private businesses
Includes staff training, school finances, school management (academy chains), and exams.
List three features of marketisation.
- Independence
- Competition
- Choice
What are the three elements of quality control in education?
- Ofsted Inspections
- Publication of performance tables
- National curriculum
What is one positive evaluation of privatisation of education?
More choice for parents
Profit making might induce companies to support failing schools
More efficient
What is one negative evaluation of privatisation of education?
Less equality
Takes money from the education system
Business go out of business – leave schs stranded.
What does parentocracy mean?
When a child’s educational achievement is influenced more by parental wealth than student ability
Parents have more choice over where to send their children.
Name two marketisation policies from the Conservative government (1979-1997).
- League Tables
- Open Enrolment
- Local Management Schools
- Funding Formula
Name two raising standard policies from the Conservative government (1979-1997).
- Ofsted
- National Curriculum
- National Testing
What is one marketisation policy from the Labour government (1997-2010)?
- Specialist schools
- Business sponsored Academies
What is one raising standards policy from the Labour government (1997-2010)?
- Maximum class sizes for 5 -7 yr old
- Building Schools for the future program
- Education Action zones
- Business sponsored Academies
What is one Marketisation policy from the Coalition Government (2010 - 15)?
- New Style Academies
- Free Schools
What is one raising standards policy from the Coalition Government (2010 - 15)?
- Pupil Premium
- English Baccalaureate
- Reform of the National Curriculum
- Reform of the Exams system
- Tougher performance targets for schools
How does the myth of parentocracy evaluate Marketisation and raising standards policies?
Parents do not have equal freedom to choose the schools which their child attends due to covert selection process, postcode lotteries in catchment areas, Middle class parents have much more freedom in choice due to their cultural capital, higher education and income
What is educational triage?
Teachers tend to allocate more resources to the students who are on the C/D boarder line in order to achieve the 5 A stars - C needed for the league tables thus ignoring those who are unlikely to achieve this.
This often ignores students unlikely to achieve these results.
What does ‘dumbing down’ refer to in education?
Due to the funding formula, schools need to retain and attract students in order to receive funding. Schools will therefore lead to the dumbing down of teaching and standards in order to retain students who might leave if they are pushed too hard or if the courses are too difficult.
How does reduced quality control evaluate Marketisation and raising standards policies?
Ofsted is not as independent as it appears with government and politicians interfering with the process by changing the standards and goal posts
