privatisation/globalisation

Question 1

Endogenous privatisation

Answer 1

• privatisation ‘within’ the education system.
• involves schools, colleges and universities operating more like private businesses
• relates to marketisation policies/ideas such as formula funding

Question 2

Exogenous privatisation

Answer 2

• privatisation from ‘outside’ the education system.
• This includes private companies being involved in state education.
• paying companies to do mock
  Ofsted inspections; paying companies to provide catering services

Question 3

privatisation evaluation

Answer 3

(-) AO3 There have been concerns about the companies that run schools going out
of business, leaving the future of the schools they manage under question

Question 4

globalisation

Answer 4

the way in which countries are becoming more connected to each other.

Question 5

globalisation policy - assimilation

Answer 5

in the 1960s and 70s, policy focused on the needs of ethnic minorities to become part of mainstream British culture e.g. helping those whose first language wasn’t English.

(-) AO3 Some point out that Afro-Caribbean students speak English but underachieve due to poverty and racism

Question 6

globalisation policy - Multi-cultural education

Answer 6

from the 1980s and 90s, aimed to promote
the achievement of ethnic minority groups and value all cultures, helping to raise
their self-esteem and therefore achievement levels.

(-) AO3 It has been argued that MCE was tokenistic- it picked out stereotypical
features of cultures to have in the curriculum, but didn’t tackle institutional racism