Privatisation, Marketisation and Globalisation of education

Privatisation in education

Involves schools and colleges operating like independent businesses, managing their own affairs, competing for pupils, and using target setting and league tables.

Privatisation of education

Opening up state education to private organizations that design, manage, or deliver education.

Cola-isation of schools

The trend where private companies target schools for brand endorsement, as noted by Molnar.

Computers for Schools initiative

Initiative highlighted by Beder where UK families must spend £110,000 in Tesco supermarkets to earn a single computer for schools.

Positives of Privatisation

Includes the creation of more efficient schools, raising standards, and offering parents more choices.

Negatives of Privatisation

Money may be drained into private profit, increasing inequalities in education, and loss of schools' ethos.

Marketisation

The process initiated by the 1988 Education Reform Act, characterized by independence, competition between schools, and parental choice.

Parentocracy

A concept referring to parental choice in education, but often criticized for being unequal across different social classes.

PISA

An international educational assessment that measures the performance of students and influences educational policy globally.

PISA panic

The urgent response from governments when PISA results indicate underperformance, leading to swift policy changes.

Globalisation effects on education

Includes reliance on international students for funding and the teaching of multiculturalism due to cultural diversity.

Hyper-globalist perspective

Ohmae's view that globalisation promotes global citizenship and respect for diverse cultures.

Glocalisation

Robertson's concept that refers to the adaptation of global products and ideas to local contexts.

Media-saturated society

Baudrillard's term describing how globalisation leads to a complex, fluid world of constant change and cultural diversity.