myth of parentocracy

• The myth of parentocracy:

  What is the myth of Parentocracy?Who is the key theorist?· Marketisationlegitimates inequalityby making it look as if all parents areequally free to choose a good school·Ball:parental choice + marketisation policiesreproduce social class inequalitiesin education (rather than improving standards).
• The myth of parentocracy:

  What is the first argument that shows the myth of parentocracy?· MC havehigh levels of income, education, social + cultural capital+ soknow more about how to work the systemto get the schools they want = they are in a better position to:oUnderstand + compare schoolsin the league tables/use Ofsted school inspection reports + know what constitutes as a‘good school’o Afford more easily tomove into the catchment areasof the highest performing schools
• The myth of parentocracy:

  Other arguments?· Weaker students from WC backgrounds aren’t selected by the best schools because of therisk of them getting poor results + undermining the school's position in the league tables.· Popular schools will bebetter fundede.g. –will get better facilities + so further improve their standardswhereas less successful schoolslose income + so can’t improve their standards to match their more successful rivals, the opposite of improved standards marketisation was intended to achieve.
• The impact of globalization

  What is the argument for globalization?Who is the theorist?· It argued that, in order to successfully compete in the global market, theUK needs a skilled + well qualified workforce.· Kelly:British educational policy has becomeincreasingly geared to the global economic competitiveness -e.g. – changes in the curriculum werejustified on this basis
• The impact of globalization

  Further explanation for this argument?· Free school policy wasinfluenced by similar types of schools in other countries; Universities + public schools increasinglymarket themselves to a global audience, with some even setting up overseas ‘branches’ in other countries + more and more English students studying abroad for reasons of cost.
• The impact of globalization

  Evaluation to this argument?However, the above policies are the result ofmarketisation, which treats education like abusiness, rather than human right+ students as sources of profit, thus underminingequality of opportunity.