educational policies Flashcards

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what is privatisation

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services owned by state now owned by private companies, charities or religious institutions

  • taxpayer’s money now goes to private companies rather than to local education authorities
  • influence from new right ideas
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cola-isation of schools

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vending machines - brand loyalty - logo

vending sell coca cola products ect

classroom may contain ipads produced by apple
projectors by epson
- reliant on consumerism

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cola-isation of schools - sociologists

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molner - schools targeted by private companies - carry a lot of good will and legitimacy of anything associate - endorsement

Beder - limited benefit to school - Uk families spent 110k in tesco to qualify for a single computer in schools

Ball - privatisation is shaping education - education seen as object of profit

Stuart Hall - marxism - march of neo-liberal revolution - eg Harris academies private owned - driving up standards is myth and simply source of profit

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exogenous and endogenous privatisation

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privatisation from outside (exo) vs within education (endo) - Ball and Youdell

exo - material eg cola-isation and commodity

endo - marketisation - free-market principles eg giving parents choice - open enrolment and formula funding

1988 education reform act

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arguments for privatisation

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neoliberal/ new right - state-run is inefficient - low standards

endo - introduction of marketisation within education has increased competition and driven up standards

exo - companies keep costs down, more efficient and even make profit - win-win for public and companies

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arguments against privatisation

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marxism

private companies - change type of knowledge taught - emphasis on maths and less on humanities which arent profitable

Ball - cola-isation of schools - vending machines - education system is supporting the unequal system of capitalism

increasing inequality - companies cherry pick best schools

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globalisation of schools

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foreign owned eg edexcel - US publisher pearson
competing globally in league tables eg PISA

Buckingham and Scanlon - Uk’s four leading education software owned by global multinational companies - transfer of Uk tax money overseas

Uk - private companies eg Prospects - and importing uk education policy eg ofsted

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globalisation effects

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private schools and uni - increasing international students - disadvantage local students as international students often pay more - want more students

nation states - less important - more focus on economic objectives of school rather than social eg social cohesion - Kelly - professionalism of teachers undermined by managers

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policies relating to gender

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1970 - equal pay act
1975 - sex discrimination act
GIST girls into science and technology - replaced by WISE women in science and engineering
1988 - national curriculum - maths and english mandatory - coursework phased out

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gender strengths

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schooling more meritocratic - allowed girls to achieve more

  • equal pay act reduced pay gap from 30% to 9% - motivation to work in school
  • feminism - especially liberal feminism
  • equalise gender opportunities as thought same subjects
  • coursework raise achievement of girls
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gender - limitations

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GIST and WISE - patronising - focus on boys underachievement and gender stereotypes

coursework disadvantages boys and feminises education

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policies relating to ethnicity

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1980s - multicultural education policies eg black history month in schools and focus on tolerance
2005 - generating genius - mentoring boys and sponsored by big companies
1988 - national curriculum

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ethnicity strengths

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minority groups feel culture is equally values and raises their self-esteem

promotes diversity and inclusion

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ethnicity limitations

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do fail cause of self-esteem? - internal factors and external factors eg labelling and racism

MCE - tokenism - ignoring real cause of underachievement

new right - should be a sense of british national identity

national curriculum - ethnocentric - Ball

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policies relating to social class

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sure start centres

educational maintenance allowance

free school meals

early academies

pupil premium

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