scholarly journals The marketisation of education and the democratic deficit

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412110112
Author(s):  
Carl Anders Säfström ◽  
Niclas Månsson
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education System ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Market Place ◽  
The Public ◽  
Democratic Principle ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
Swedish Educational System

This article deals with the question of what has happened to ‘the public’ in the Swedish education system during the last three decades. In our search for an answer we illuminate and discuss how the process of marketisation, together with the learnification and individualisation of education, replaced ‘the public’ from public education with the logic of the market place. To shed some further light on the current discourse on Swedish education, we contrast two principles in education and teaching, the aristocratic principle and the democratic principle. According to the aristocratic principle, education is about fixating and reproducing existing power relations as the cornerstone of a well-ordered society. According to the democratic principle of education, equality is the cornerstone of a well-ordered democratic society. Considering the shift in the very infrastructure of the Swedish educational system, we arrive at the conclusion that the principles in education and teaching are characterised by the aristocratic principle, rather than those we have characterised as democratic principles. The educational message is clear: upcoming generations are to accept the rules of the market economy and play the game accordingly.

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SURKHAN OASIS(ON EXAMPLE IN THEYEARS OF INDEPENDENCE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
Sabohat B. Radjabova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Role Of Women

It is scientifically analyzed information about the activity of women in the education system of Surkhandarya region in the period of independence years and their achievements in this field through statistical data with examples over the years in this article. It is emphasized that the state pays attention to the work activities of selfless women, who have been awarded many medals and medals in this region, such as the Medal of “Shukhrat”, the Order of “Saglom avlod uchun”, the title of "Xalk ta`limi a`lochisi", is also mentioned separately

The “Fed-up Taxpayer”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Teacher Unions ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
Public Education System ◽  
Teacher Strikes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Urban Teacher ◽  
American Cities

This chapter chronicles the new reality faced by urban teacher unions after the emergence of austerity regimes in many American cities. It charts teacher strikes in St. Louis (1979) and Philadelphia (1980 and 1981). In each case, teacher unions faced staunch taxpayer resistance to salary increases, and in the case of Philadelphia, a mayor who dealt with massive budget deficits by reneging on a collectively-bargained contract. As importantly, in Philadelphia, opponents of the “unproductive” urban poor and unionized teachers began to imagine market reforms of the public education system. The chapter concludes by documenting the emergence of vouchers in order to understand the mounting challenge of neoliberalism to American public education.

Öffentlichkeit und Evangelische Schulen oder Evangelische Schulen als öffentliche Schulen

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-363
Author(s):  
Henning Schluß
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
School System ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Independent Schools ◽  
The Public ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Sustainable Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pluralistic World

Abstract In recent years, within the horizon of financially independent schools, the question of the status of schools sponsored by the Protestant Church arises in a new light. The article argues that it is an achievement that school is public. At the same time, the concept of the public has to be discussed critically. In the field of education, ‘public’ is still confused with government. Yet both are not the same, which is clarified with a historical perspective. In particular, a Protestant school system must be interested, from its own self-understanding, to be understood as a system of public education. Exclusivity cannot be a hallmark of a Protestant education. Nevertheless, Protestant schools are characterized by a special pedagogical and particularly religious profile, but are open to all who wish to participate. It is the diversity of profiles which is needed for a sustainable education system in a pluralistic world. Different profiles must be possible regardless of the sponsorship, also the public claim must be maintained. This can sometimes create tensions, but these are not ‘antagonistic contradictions’. Instead, they can promote education as a whole.

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