Globalisation and Privatisation Flashcards

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How has globalisation affected educational policies?

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Marketisation and Privatisation - Encouraged UK Gov to develop policies that will allow them to get involved in the ‘education market’

International Comparisons - Use statistics to compare against the rest of the world.

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What is Privatisation?

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When things that used to be run by the state get taken over and run by private businesses.

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What does Globalisation do?

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Allows businesses to make more and more money each year from the expanding global education market.

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What is Mcdonaldization?

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When a culture adopts the characteristics of a fast food restaurant: efficiency, predictability, calculability and control.

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Evaluation of Mcdonaldization:

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Schools also care about pupils’ development. Would not have extracurricular activities.

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Academisation:

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Where state schools that were run by the council get taken over by a private business. Still funded by Gov but have more flexibility with things like term dates, timings of the day, etc.

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Privatisation:

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Parental Choice, improve failing schools for profit, school efficiency (strengths). Increase inequality, profit making, companies can fail. (Weakness).

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