Marketisation Flashcards
What is marketisation
Where services are normally under state control however they are now becoming more business like. E.g. More competition
How did marketisation begin
When the education reform act occurred in 1988
What are the main features of the system
1) formulating funding - schools get money depending on how many students are interested
2) parental choices
3) school performance tables
4) ofsted inspections
5) national curriculum and national testing
What year did Stephen ball work
1994
What year did Geoff Whitty work
1998
What did ball and whitty feel
That marketisation has brought back inequalities in education
What year did will Bartlett study
1993
What did Bartlett find out
That parent attraction to league tables encourages cream skimming and silt shifting
‘Good’ schools could pick and choose who they wanted to go to the alcohol and they manly chose WC students to keep up their high results
They avoided the less able students so they didn’t damage the schools position
What year did Miram David work
1993
What did Miriam David think
That marketisation is a parentocracy ( child’s education depends on the wealthiness and wishes of their parents)
Marketisation has favoured parents whose economic and cultural capital puts them in a better position
When did Sharon Gerwitz study
1995
What did Gerwitz find out
That there were three types of parent choosers
She studied 14 secondary schools to see how far parents exercise their choice of schools
What were the three types of choosers called
1) privileged skilled choosers
2) disconnected local choosers
3) semi skilled choosers
