A Study on the Implementation and Debates of Market Mechanism in British Secondary Education

• Main Authors: Hung-chi Hsu, 徐宏吉
• Other Authors: Yung-feng Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73856920357189704091

碩士 === 南華大學 === 歐洲研究所 === 96 === 　　Elevating the quality of education and competition of state is still the main subject of education reform in all of countries all the time. How to improve the whole quality of national education is also the subject of debate that many governors and scholars care about. The implementation of market mechanism and the tendency of consumer-center in education is the one way of those educational reforms. The market mechanism was the main reform in Occident since 1980 period. The thesis will discuss the market mechanism and the beginning and influences of marketization in education which to check the development of secondary education policy in England over the past 20 years. 　　 　　This thesis is divided into six chapters. At first, it explores the theory of market mechanism and explains the influences of market mechanism such as choice, competition and the law of demand and supply on education development. Then it discusses the marketization of education supported by P.M. Thatcher, who wanted to solve the problems of global competition, economic crisis and the lower quality of education of U.K. since 1979. The education reform policy of New Labour continues the conception of marketization of education and wants to elevate the learning performance of all students. Besides this, the secondary reform policy of Conservative and Labour party both emphasize corporatization of education, effects and competition and meet the need of parental choice. New Labour also lay stress on the partnership and social justice. At last, the conclusion and suggestions of the thesis are that we can’t neglect the equality of education; we should achieve the real capability of education and respect the authority of state to control education. Nevertheless marketization of education will still be an important trend in the future.