what do New Right / Neo-Liberals argue? what did they influence?
gov't should: impose framework for schools to compete (increase privatisation + marketisation policies) and transmit a shared culture through curriculum (Britishness + Christianity) to improve school standards.
influenced Conservative gov't 1980s
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what did the 1988 Education Reform Act allow?
(marketisation policies)
marketisation: encourage schools to act and compete like businesses to increase school standard and parentocracy - league tables, OFSTED, specialist schools, national curriculum
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what did the 1988 Education Reform Act allow?
(privatisation policies)
privatisation: schools more independent and less reliant on gov't - so more academies who can then choose how to spend their money from the gov't
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what did Chubb and Moe argue and propose?
a system whereby each family given a 'voucher' to 'buy' education from a school - increases parentocracy and control of consumers of education.
this makes schools compete to attract consumers so improve their product
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criticisms of New Right / Neo-liberalist view
what does Gerwitz argue about marketisation policies?
create inequality between mc + wc.
mc are 'privileged school choosers' who use cultural capital to take advantage of opportunities and economic capital to move into catchment area of good school. but wc are 'disconnected local choosers' who lack these
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criticisms of New Right / Neo-liberalist view
what does Ball argue?
there is a 'myth of parentocracy' as these policies appear to give parents more choice, but this isn't true as many wc parents don't have the choice for their child's education due to lack of cultural and economic capital to move etc.
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Card 2
Front
what did the 1988 Education Reform Act allow?
(marketisation policies)
Back
marketisation: encourage schools to act and compete like businesses to increase school standard and parentocracy - league tables, OFSTED, specialist schools, national curriculum
Card 3
Front
what did the 1988 Education Reform Act allow?
(privatisation policies)
Back
Card 4
Front
what did Chubb and Moe argue and propose?
Back
Card 5
Front
criticisms of New Right / Neo-liberalist view
what does Gerwitz argue about marketisation policies?
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