Marketisation

Question 1

What’s marketisation?

Answer 1

Schools operate like a business. Students are consumers not pupils.

Question 2

Privatisation?

Answer 2

Internal process of a school is like a business.
Example, Pupils and parents are consumers. Performance pay. League tables.

Question 3

Privatisation OF education?

Answer 3

Aspects of education are open to private businesses. For example, academy chains, staff training.

Question 4

Parentocracy

Answer 4

Childs education has to do with parent wealth/wishes. Parents have more say.

Question 5

Who’d favour marketisation, meritocracy, parentocracy etc?

Answer 5

New right, labour Gov. Functionalists.

Question 6

What does dumbing down mean?

Answer 6

Schools must attract students to go higher in league tables. This means, education can “dumb down” in order to keep those from leaving.

Question 7

Ofsted role?

Answer 7

Inspect, monitor and change school rules to raise standards.

Question 8

Educational triage

Answer 8

Those with lower grades are prioritised more. (C-D’s)