social policy and education- privatisation and globalisation Flashcards
(22 cards)
What do Ball and Youdell identify?
endogenous and exogenous privatisation
What is endogenous privatisation?
privatisation within the education system ( schools operating more like businesses
e.g.- 1988, formula funding creating competition. Academisation
What is exogenous privatisation?
private from outside the education system.
companies getting involved with the day to day workings of a school
e.g.- sponsorship, equipment, buildings, delivering teacher training or carrying out school inspections.
How have schools operate more like businesses since 1988 education reform act?
parents are consumers and choose school to send child to, league tables, formula funding, Ofsted
What is meant by the PFI scheme?-exogenous
construct and manage schools for 30 years, during which time they are owned by govt. school rents school building for that period at end which private companies have recovered their cost and made state guaranteed profits.
What were tribal inspections responsible for, and why are they no longer used in UK schools?
running inspections on behalf of Ofsted- stopped this due to Ofsted concerns over selection, training and quality of inspection employed.
What are two other examples of exogenous prvitisation?
the cola-isation of education. The idea that big companies target education for profit e.g.- sponsorship.
criticism- Ball- school sports initiative was scrapped by Cadburys after was revealed pupils in school would have to eat 5.4 chocolate bars to qualify for just one set of volleyballs.
Beder- families spent 11,000 in Tesco to get 1 computer
What’s a strength of privatisation?
the profit motive may encourage private companies to provide schools and improve “failing schools” in areas where education is of poor quality.
What are the 5 ways globalisation has affected education?
increasing variety of schools
international comparison
global technology
global threats
higher education
Explain increased variety schools?
Charter schools in US have influenced development of academies in UK, publicly funded but operated by independent groups, charter schools have more flexibility to set curriculum and school hours and rules.
autonomy of schools and teachers in Scandinavian schools e.g.- Finland has influenced push for free schools in UK.
How do functionalist support the increased variety of schools?
schools adapt to diverse needs , variety promotes meritocracy by allowing students to access education that meets their needs.
How can we criticise increased variety of schools?
Finland’s position dropped significantly in league tables in 2013, thus just because country at top doesn’t mean they always right/ have to copy.
Explain international comparison of pupil performance?
PISA- comparing education systems , comparing with successful schools around world and thinking about what doing wrong, only compares reading, maths and science
What did Michael Gove say to support international comparison of pupil performance? What do Marxists say to about international comparison?
called for fewer holidays, longer school days like East Asia
Marxists-reflects capitalist agencies, trying to make pupils meet global capitalist needs, measuring them on these things to make them agents of capitalism.
How can we evaluate international comparison of pupil performance?
cultural differences- in Asian countries have more of a culture of vigorous educational success, not the culture of UK.
Explain global technology?
British schools have had to adapt in order to keep up with global economy- computing added to curriculum in primary school
What would post-modernists say about global technology?
reflecting rapid, fluid modern world
Marx- serving need of capitalism.
How can we evaluate global technology?
very expensive, computers and technology
Explain global threats?
global terrorism has led to programmes to reduce being groomed - terrorism security act 2015
func-maintain social cohesion and order
How can we evaluate global threats?
when teachers pick who goes into prevention strategies, could be based on racist labels
Explain higher edeucation?
Ball-university’s are increasingly marketing themselves to a global markets as they pay more in fees
How can we evaluate higher education?
students go back to China with their degree so the UK doesn’t benefit
London school of economics- 64% oversea students.
