Sociology | Education - Globalisation
- Created by: Holli Davies
- Created on: 17-01-17 20:27
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- Globalisation
- Neoliberalism: resources are more effectively managed privately
- Privatisation: transition to private ownership and funding
- Marketisation: Once run by the state, now operate like private businesses. Still state funded but subject to free market forces
- Globalisation: interconnectedness, same culture and interests, being part of the globe
- Strengths: 1. See whether spending matches achievement 2. Comparing standards internationally3. Evidence for policy makers on what works best
- Weaknesses: 1. The children's well-being has been relegated to secondary importance 2. Concerns over the reliability and validity of tests. Comparing Britain with other cultures is pointless 3. Damaging and wasteful effect of policy
- Parties look at other top education systems, enforce their ideas to raise standards
- Labour
- 2015: If won, would have created elite force of 'master teachers' in all secondary schools
- New Labour: National literacy and numeracy strategies
- Conservative
- Slim down the national curriculum to 'essential knowledge' in English, Maths and Science
- Raising academic entry requirements for trainee teachers
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