Marketisation and Parentocracy 1988

Question 1

How were schools encouraged?

Answer 1

Parental choice, they wanted to attract customers like a business

Question 2

Education reform act 1988

Answer 2

Intro to national curriculum, SATS, GCSE, OFSTED

Question 3

Educational triage

Answer 3

School labels the children by their grades and who will pass and who won’t which are called the hopeless cases

Question 4

Schooling

Answer 4

Should be free with shareholders having choice of how and where they should be educated

Question 5

Ball and Whitty

Answer 5

Marketisation reproduces class inequality, schools prefer middle class over the working class

Question 6

Formula funded

Answer 6

For each student that enrols in a school they are paid a certain allowance

Question 7

Criticisms

Answer 7

Myth of parentocracy- gives the appearance of choice but not equal choice

Question 8

Gerwitz

Answer 8

MC parents are more skilled in getting their children in their school of choice

Question 9

Ball et all

Answer 9

Schools focus on attracting pupils rather than their learning