Education (Globalisation) Flashcards
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What is Globalisation?
is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly
interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and
cultural exchange.
What has globalisation created a high demand for?
International education.
Exports (e.g. Teachers) makes £18 billion for the UK economy
every year.
What is TIMSS, PIRLS and PISA?
TIMSS – trends in international Mathematics and Science study
PIRLS – progress in international reading literacy study
PISA - (programme for international student assessment)
From this cross cultural comparison, what has the UK noted?
We are significantly
under-performing in comparison to countries like China, Singapore and
Finland in Maths, literacy and Science.
What has the UK government done?
- National literacy and numeracy strategies (New Labour – ran from 1998-2010 – 2 hours of
Literacy and Numeracy everyday at primary level) - Slimming down the national curriculum (Coalition government - focus on essential
knowledge of M,E & S) - Raising the academic entry for trainee teachers from 2012 (derived from comparisons
with Finland) - Masters Teachers (planned by the Labour government in 2014) – based on policy in
Singapore (which came 3rd in PISA 2012)
What is the PREVENT strategy (2007, 2011)?
To support young people to prevent them from being exposed to extremist views and ideologies on the internet/social media that
could led to radicalisation.
What is the The Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (2007)?
Covers the cost of bilingual learners and underachieving pupils.
What is British Values (2015)?
To ensure the integration of all British communities and promote multiculturalism.
What is the Education Act (2015)?
Controversial – Michael Gove advised all exam boards to use only British authors as set texts for GCSE English Language to
promote a ‘common heritage’.
What is the Modern History Curriculum – by 2024?
A planned update of the History curriculum to reflect the diverse nature of British history and how Britain has been influenced by
different societies.
Globalisation has created more privatisation. What is privatisation?
services which were once owned and provided by the state
(government) are transferred to private companies.
How much does the UK government spend on education?
90 billion
Where does the tax payers money go in privatisation?
Taxpayer’s money going straight to private companies who provided educational services,
rather than to Local Education Authorities (local councils).
What do Ball and Youdell (2007) distinguish between?
Ball and Youdell (2007) distinguish between exogenous privatisation (privatisation from
outside) – including setting up Academies
and endogenous privatisation (privatisation within the education system) – performance
related pay for teachers.
What is the Education Services Industry and who supports this?
The New Right are strongly in
support of this
ESI – involves businesses within the
private sector – bidding for
contracts to provide services to
schools (at a cost).
What is Cola-isation of schools?
Private businesses are getting
into the education system
indirectly using vending
machines
How does Ball (2011) evaluate privatisation?
argues that privatisation has turned the education system into a
profit making system
How do marxists like Stuart Hall evaluate privatisation?
Marxists like Stuart Hall argue marketisation ‘does not drive-up standards’
How to marxists argue privatisation is a myth?
It’s a myth that disguises the true purpose for capitalist which is to make profit
How does Rikowski (2004) evaluate privatisation?
Rikowski (2004) in capitalism we have witnessed more ‘commodification’ and
‘marketisation’ of education where profit has become the main motive - e.g.
Universities are keen to attract overseas students so they can charge higher
fees.
What is a postmodern view of Usher and Edwards (1994)?
However – Postmodern view: Usher and Edwards (1994) the education
system will continue to reflect new cultural differences and needs.
With no ‘single truth’ in world knowledge there will be greater diversity in what
is taught.
EXOGENOUS PRIVATISATION - What is The setting up of Academies?
Academies are allowed to seek 10% of
their funding from businesses or charities, which increases the influence of
private interests over the running of the school, and some
recent academy chains such as the Academies Enterprise Trust are run
by private companies, and managed by people with a background in
business, rather than people with a background in teaching.
EXOGENOUS PRIVATISATION : What is The Building and maintaining school buildings?
Under New Labour
A programme of new buildings for schools was financed through the
Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Private companies did the building, but in
return were given contracts to repay the investment and provided
maintenance for 25-35 years. The colleges, schools or local education
authorities had to pay the ongoing costs.
EXOGENOUS PRIVATISATION : What is Running examination systems?
The UK’s largest examinations body
Edexcel is run by the Global Corporation Pearsons. Pearsons runs the
exam boards in over 70 countries, meaning it sets the exams, it pays the
examiners, it runs the training courses which teachers need to attend to
understand the assessment criteria, and increasingly it writes the text
books.
