marketisation

Question 1

league tables - marketisation ao2

Answer 1

ball and whitty
exam league tables and the funding formula reproduce class in equalities by creating inequalities between school

Question 2

league tables

Answer 2

ensures schools that achieve good results are more in demand because parents will be attracted to these schools

Question 3

what do league tables encourage

Answer 3

cream-skimming = good schools can be more selective, recruit high achieving mainly MC pupils = these pupils gain an advantage

silt-shifting = good schools can avoid taking less able pupils who are likely to get poor results and damage schools league table position

Question 4

the funding formula

Answer 4

schools are allocated funds by a formula based on how m any pupils they attract

popular schools can afford better resources

Question 5

parental choice and sociologist

Answer 5

gerwitz

by increasing parental choice it advantages MC parents whose economic and cultural capital puts them in a better position to choose schools

Question 6

gerwitz 3 types of parents

Answer 6

privileged skilled choosers

disconnected local choosers

semi skilled choosers

Question 7

gerwitz 3 types of parents - privileged skilled choosers

Answer 7

MC parents who use their economic and cultural capital to gain educational capital for their kids

Question 8

gerwitz 3 types of parents - disconnected local choosers

Answer 8

WC parents whose choices are restricted by lack of economic and cultural capital

distance and cost of travel

Question 9

gerwitz 3 types of parents - semi-skilled choosers

Answer 9

mainly WC
ambitious for kids
lack cultural capital

Question 10

the myth of parentocracy as ao3

Answer 10

marketisation also legitimates inequality

marketisation gives the appearance of parentocracy but as it seems that parents have free choice of school

when in reality MC can only take advantage

it makes inequality In education seen fair and inevitable