AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Educational AchievementMarketisation introduces market-like arrangements into education: parents choose schools, while schools compete to attract pupils. Supporters argue that choice gives parents influence and that competition encourages schools to improve. However, this assumes that families can make equally effective use of the available choices.
- Revise: Market Forces and Parental Choice by Ball, Bowe and Gerwitz
The introduction of competition and consumer choice into education, with schools competing to attract pupils.