{"id":143,"date":"2009-04-13T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T08:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2012-07-16T23:27:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T13:27:28","slug":"compulsion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"Compulsion [Effects on Schooling]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compulsion brings its own problems.\u00a0 A way of looking at the existing state of affairs is to borrow from a construction by Richard Carlson,\u00a0 who first used it to describe the differences between business operations and governmental agencies in the levels of control that they have over their clients.\u00a0 Carlson described the kind of control that an institution possesses over the entry of each client to its organisation;\u00a0 and of the control that the clients have.\u00a0 Applied to schools in Australia, the arrangement looks like this:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pupil\u2019s Control Over <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Admission to School<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>NO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>TAFE<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Yes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Yrs. 11-12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Yrs. 1-10\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Non-State]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[Non-State]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>School\u2019s Control Over<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Pre-School<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Admission of Pupil<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Yrs. 11-12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Yrs. 1-10<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>NO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>[State]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[State]<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It can easily be seen that schools providing schooling for those compelled to attend a State School are in the most vulnerable position.\u00a0 Located in the bottom right-hand No\/No quadrant<\/span>, they have absolutely no say in the scheme of things.\u00a0\u00a0They must accept and retain any pupil no matter what the circumstances,\u00a0\u00a0cannot set fees,\u00a0 rely solely on changing government circumstances and ideology,\u00a0 must teach any \u2018prevention syllabus’\u00a0 [e.g. drug education, road safety]\u00a0 that prevailing opinion requires,\u00a0 be subject to all government whims such as testing programs;\u00a0 all operating under teaching conditions that the other segments would not tolerate.<\/p>\n

Questions are often asked, as they need to be,\u00a0 why a government should have anything to do with the top two quadrants:<\/p>\n