Sociology - The Affects of Marketisation - Key Info

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What is Marketisation?
This is the process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition between schools
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Name 6 affects of Marketisation
Parentocracy, The Myth of Parentocracy, Problems with Free schools, Fragmented Centralisation, The New Labour Paradox and Reproduction of inequality
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What is Parentocracy?
This when schools promote a wide range in choice for parents
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What are 3 main factors of Parentocracy include?
Free schools were set up, schools competed to attract pupils, specialist schools, publication of league tables
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What does Ball suggest about Parentocracy?
Ball believes that marketisation allows parentocracy - meaning that parents have more choice
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Why does Gerwirtz disagree with Ball?
Gerwirtz suggests that middle class parents have an advantage when it comes to schools
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Why is Marketisation bad when it comes to parentocracy?
It reproduces inequality and legitimises it by covering up it true causes
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Whaat does Ball Argue in 2011?
Fragmented Centralisation - argues that promoting academies and free schools had lead to both increased fragmentation and centralisation of control over educational provision.
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What does Fragmentation mean?
Education was once a solid experience for all schools and students, but now it has changed. EG run by different chains
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What does Centralisation mean?
The government has taken over education and turned them into academies - Rapid growth has a reduced role in elected local authorities in education
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What were 2 factors of the 'New Labour Paradox'?
Providing additional resources to deprived areas, Educational Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) - Payments to students on low income to encourage them to study
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How does Marketisation lead to Reproduction of Inequality?
League tables and cream skimming - policy of publishing exams to ensure that schools recieve good results
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What is Cream Skimming?
this is when good schools can be more selective and recruit high achieving middle class students
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What is Silt Shifting?
good schools can avoid taking less able pupils who are likely to get poor results and damage their league table position
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Name 6 affects of Marketisation

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What is Parentocracy?

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What are 3 main factors of Parentocracy include?

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What does Ball suggest about Parentocracy?

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