believe some people naturally more talented than others
accept desirability of a meritocratic education system with open competitions, serving needs of economy for future roles
education should socialise people into shared values such as competition and n
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How are new right different to functionalists?
do not think the current education system is actually achieving this
reasons for failure is the state:
- one type of school fits all, not answerable to parents, pupils and employers only state
- imposing view of right school and not local needs this is
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Consumer choice
What did Chubb & Moe study?
Compared achievement of 60,000 students from low income families in 1,015 states and private schools in the USA
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Consumer choice
What were the findings of Chubb & Moes study?
showed that students from low income families did 5% better in private schools which suggest state education is not meritocratic
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Consumer choice
What did Chubb & Moe say about consumer choice?
state education failed to create equal opportunity as it does not respond to students individual needs
parents and communities cannot do anything from family schools while controlled by state
private schools produce higher quality education as they are an
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Consumer choice
What did Chubb & Moe say the solution would be?
introduce market system in state education and give control to the consumers, maybe a voucher system in which each family would be given a voucher to spend on buying education from a school of their choice
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What is the role of state for new right?
impose framework for schools to compete within
impose shared National Curriculum: guarantees a single cultural heritage
British schools should teach British culture: Christianity and British history
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What is the evaluation of New Right?
Gerwitz & Ball - competition between schools benefits the middle class not the poor
Critics say reason for low educational standards are inequality: social and economic funding of schools (social factors, not school factors)
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What is meritocracy?
is where society chooses peoples positions on how well they are doing in life like a merit
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What are a few key points on the new right theory?
education is not interested in promoting things like equality instead it is about getting better people into most important jobs
education should keep people together
C&M - schools run by local authorities the state do not reflect the needs of country or
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What does New Right theorists say about failing schools?
education should be akin to supermarkets which is looking for customers and competing
failing schools needs to be shut down which like business perspective where they wouldn't survive if they were failing so why should the state help a school that is fai
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What is neo-liberalism?
based on an economic principle so a free market economy and limited regulation by the state
encourage privatisation and competition which increases standards
state should not provide services, control individuals
education should enable country to compete
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Card 2
Front
How is new right similar to functionalism?
Back
believe some people naturally more talented than others
accept desirability of a meritocratic education system with open competitions, serving needs of economy for future roles
education should socialise people into shared values such as competition and n
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