Education - New Right

Question 1

What do New Right theorists believe about education?

Answer 1

They agree with functionalists but blame policies that improve equality as making it unfair

Question 2

What is the neo-liberalism ideology?

Answer 2

Schools should be run like private businesses
Meritocracy exists and is valid
Stopping welfare would mean ‘slackers’ would have to work

Question 3

How has new right ideology become a part of schools?

Answer 3

League tables (schools are now an ‘education market’)
Subjects prepare students for work (vocationalism) 
National curriculum (same values are transmitted)

Question 4

What do Chubb and Moe believe about schools?

Answer 4

State education has failed students and private schools had better standards because they were answerable to fee-paying parents

Question 5

What do Chubb and Moe suggest should be done to solve this problem?

Answer 5

Schools should have a market system were vouchers are given to parents and they would buy education from the school of their choice (making schools more answerable to them)