Marketisation Policies Flashcards
polices in schools, market and advertisement, parental involvement, consumer culture etc.
In sociological terms, what does Marketisation mean?
The form of advertising and promoting their schools to consumer individuals.
Based upon competiton between schools.
By who’s choice does the competiton between schools increase upon?
Parental choice.
Since when did the {Marketisation} central theme of government education policy come to place?
HInt: it is an act.
1988 Education Reform Act.
Who introduced the Education Reform Act?
Margaret Thatcher.
Who created the New Labour in 1997?
Tony Blair.
with the support from Gordon Brown.
Does the New Right favour Marketisation?
if so, why?
Yes; it attracts customers [parents].
What is parentocracy?
The notion that there should be a ‘rule by parents’; parents should have more choice.
Who described the marketised education as ‘parentocracy’?
Miriam David.
What does Ball and Whitty argue that the marketisation policies e.g league tables, reproduce?
Class inequality.
What is cream-skimming?
‘Better’ schools can be more selective, choose their own customoers and recruit high-acheiveing [mostly middle class] pupils.
Take the good bunch out of the rotten ones.
What is silt-shifting?
Similiarly to the cream skimming, silt shifting offloads students who have learning difficulties and those who are expensive and get poor results.
What is the funding formula?
Schools being allocated funds based on how many pupils they attract.
What is an advantage of formula funding?
Popularity allows for them to be more selective and attracts more applicants.
What is a disadvantage of formula funding?
Unpopular schools lose income and find it difficult to match the popular schools.
Who studied parental choice?
Hint: wizard.
Gewirtz.
Gewirtz studied about 14 London secondary schools and found 3, main types of parents.
What were the 3 types, just name them.
Priveledged-skilled choosers, Semi-skilled choosers and Disconnected-local choosers.
Explain Privileged-skilled choosers.
Professional middle-class parents who used their economic and cultural capital to gain educational capital for their children.
Explain Semi-skilled choosers.
Mainly working-class parents but are ambitious for their children.
Still lack the educational and cultural capital.
Explain Disconnected-local choosers.
Working-class parents whose choices were restricted from the lack of cultural and economic capital.
Prompt Question:
Suggest reasons why working-class parents might be less able to manipulate the education system to their advantage.
How to: Next Slide.
- Parental choice.
- 3 main different types of parents when it comes to choosing a school.
