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1
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What is the New Right view?

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Political =

  • State cannot meet peoples needs; peoples needs need to be met through the free market - private businesses competing.
2
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How do the New Right believe education will become more like a competing business?

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Through marketisation and parentocracy:

  • e.g. ERA.
3
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How are New Right similar to functionalists?

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1) . They believe some people are naturally more talented than others.
2) . Education should be meritocratic –> it opens competition.
3) . Education should socialise pupils and instil shared values.

4
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Why do New Right say education is a ‘one size fits all’ system?

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State-run education cannot meet individual and community needs, or the needs of employers for skilled and motivated workers, therefore, its a one size fits all system.

5
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How do state schools have lower standards?

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They aren’t accountable for who uses there service (consumers), so;

  • Schools that get poor results don’t change as they don’t have anyone to answer to (consumers).
  • This leads to lower standards and a less qualified workforce.
6
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What do New Right say the solution to the issue in education is?

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Marketisation = creating an education market;

  • Forces schools to respond to the needs of pupils, parents and employers –> competition between schools force teachers to be more efficient.
  • Bringing in policies (e.g. league tables) allows competition –> a schools success depends on standards of teaching.
7
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Why do Chubb and Moe say state education has failed?

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It’s failed because it doesn’t have to meet the pupils’ needs;

  • Their data shows low-income families do 5% better in private schools because they are answerable to their consumers.
8
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What is Chubb and Moe’s solution, based on their findings?

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Marketisation, based on a voucher system;

  • Parents would be given a voucher to spend on a school of their choice.
  • Schools would have to be more responsive to consumer needs as the vouchers would be their main source of income –> placing control in the hands of the consumer.
9
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What role does the state still need in education?

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1). Framework for competition =

Produce league tables, national curriculums, etc, in order to provide competition, which will promote high standards of teaching.

2). Shared norms =

State needs to ensure that schools instil society’s culture through the curriculum.

10
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What are the criticisms of the New Right perspective on education?

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1) . There are other reasons for the increase in standards, apart from marketisation.
2) . Critics say that low standards is dues to a lack in stat funding, rather than state control.

11
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How does Gerwirtz criticise the New Right?

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Competition in schools benefit m/c as they can get their children into desired schools.

12
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How do Marxists criticise the New Right?

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Argue that education impose capitalist values, not a shared culture.