Social policies and education- privatisation

Question 1

What do Ball and Youdell say are the 2 privatisation?

Answer 1

-Endogenous privatisation
-Exogenous privatisation

Question 2

What is endogenous privatisation of education?

Answer 2

Privatisation within the education situation (schools creating private businesses)

Question 3

Endogenous privatisation examples?

Answer 3

1988, formula funding creating competition and academisation

Question 4

What is exogenous privatisation of education?

Answer 4

Privatisation for outside the education system (companies getting involved with the day-to-day workings of a school

Question 5

Examples of exogenous privatisation of education?

Answer 5

-Sponsorship
-equipment
-teacher training
-delivery’s
-school meals
-ict
-cleaning

Question 6

Exogenous- What is meant by the pfi scheme?

Answer 6

Private finance scheme

Question 7

Exogenous- What is the pfi scheme?

Answer 7

Do this by buying/building schools and then renting out and managing schools

Question 8

Exogenous- What are tribal inspections

Answer 8

An inspection on behalf of ofsted
No longer used as quality of inspections weren’t effective

Question 9

Advantages of exogenous?

Answer 9

-Can provide advice
-A more business like schools
-parentocracy
-private company’s provide schools/ improving failing schools when education is poor quality

Question 10

Disadvantages of exogenous?

Answer 10

-As its a private company they cant be checked by gov, leading to potential poor quality service

Question 11

Exogenous privatisations- Qualifications?

Answer 11

Qualifications are like big businesses
Exam boards compete for entries
Edexcel owned by US publishing giant Pearson

Question 12

Exogenous privatisations- Buckingham and Scalon?

Answer 12

Claims that 4 leading educational software companies are owned by global multi nation e.g. disney and mattel

Question 13

Exogenous privatisation-The cola-isation of education?

Answer 13

Idea that big companies target education for profit e.g. sponsorships

Question 14

Exogenous privatisation-The cola-isation of education? Criticism’s Ball?

Answer 14

A school sport initiative was scrapped by cadburys after it was revealed pupils in a school would have to eat 5.444 chocolate bars to qualify for just one set of volleyball nets

Question 15

Exogenous privatisation-The cola-isation of education? Beder?

Answer 15

Families spent 110,000 in tescos to get 1 computer

Question 16

Evaluation of privatisation and education?

Answer 16

-More business like and efficient schools
-More choice for parents
-The profit motive may encourage private companies to provide schools and improving failing schools in areas where education is of poor quality’s

Question 17

Is academisation the same as privatisation- no?

Answer 17

-Academy’s trust as charity’s, they are charitable trust which limit companies
-They don’t have shareholders and any financial surplus is reinvested in companies

Question 18

Is academisation of privatisation the same as privatisation- yes?

Answer 18

-Academies talk about branded schools to appeal to market of pareles
-Schools are packaged and advertised
-Chain schools complete