Developed functionalist ideas of social solidarity and the teaching of specialist skills
Additionally, parents should be given choice in their child’s education
LEAs are inefficient- prefer free market approach (Chubb and Moe)
How to achieve this?:
Competition between schools for results
Increased choice for parents- open enrollment
Increased involvement of private enterprise in education
The 1988 Education Reform Act:
Introduced:
Further developments:
Introduction of OFSTED
League tables
Application to Contemporary Education:
Standardised testing throughout school life
Development of education markets extending from early years to higher education
Increased privatisation of education
A wider range of schools
Evaluations:
Marketisation has been the dominant approach to education for over 30 years
Introduced selection policies that certain social groups
Gerwitz et al- middle class advantaged as they can play the system
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