Education- new right

Question 1

What is education important for?

Answer 1

A successful economy

Question 2

What is role allocation at work based on?

Answer 2

Educational meritocracy- most able students have their talents developed and go into the most important jobs

Question 3

How is social stability achieved?

Answer 3

-Socialises pupils into shared values
-Gives a sense of national identity
-Cohesive

Question 4

Is new right a micro or macro theory?

Answer 4

Macro

Question 5

Who is the main author of New Right?

Answer 5

-Chubb and moe (1990)

Question 6

Why do they argue the US state-run education system did not succeed?

Answer 6

-Failed to create equal opportunity
-Failed to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups
-Didn’t produce pupils with skills needed for the economy

Question 7

Why do private schools produce higher quality education according to Chubb and Moe?

Answer 7

They are answerable to parents

Question 8

How much better do pupils in low-income families do in private schools than in state schools?

Answer 8

5%

Question 9

What is neoliberisim?

Answer 9

-Economic doctrine
-State should not provide services such as education, healthcare and welfare
-Has influenced governments since 1979, whether conservative, labour or coalition

Question 10

What does education currently not achieve?

Answer 10

-Its goals
-Such as creating a skilful workforce

Question 11

What does the state education system impose?

Answer 11

-Uniformity

Question 12

Who has no say in the state education system? What is the result of this?

Answer 12

-Consumers- parents, students and employers
-The state is unresponsible and insufecient

Question 13

What are the results of low results in schools?

Answer 13

-Less qualified workforce
-Less prosperous economy
-Lower standards of achievement

Question 14

What is the solution to the issues proposed by the new right?

Answer 14

-Marketisation of education

Question 15

What is the result of competition in schools?

Answer 15

-Empowers consumers
-Increases the ability to meet the needs of consumers

Question 16

Define marketisation

Answer 16

The process of services such as education and health that were previously controlled by the state, have government or local council controlled/removed and become subject to free market forces of supply and demand based on competition and consumer choice

Question 17

In summary what do new right argue?

Answer 17

-Education should not be concerned with promoting equality/ equal opportunity but making sure the most able students have their talents developed and go into the most important jobs to create a skilled workforce (least talented people should prepare for lower level employment)
-Education should socialize young people into collective values, and responsible citizenship to build social choice and solidarity to create a stable and united society

Chubb and Moe:
-The education system controlled by local authorities is not the best method of achieving these aims (imposes a single type of school)
-should be a free market in education with a range of different schools run like private businesses to meet the needs of the local community

-Competition leads to more efficient education leading to better value for the taxpayer who funds education

The marketisation of education produces benefits for both the taxpayer and consumers such as higher quality education and a more skilled and qualified workforce

Question 18

What is the strength of the neoliberal and new right approach regarding responsibility?

Answer 18

Neoliberals and the New Right point out the state’s lack of responsiveness to the needs of working-class pupils and their families

Question 19

How have neoliberal policies been seen as a strength?

Answer 19

taken away power from LEAs and empower parents by giving them more choices and encouraging them to be actively involved in their children’s education.

Question 20

Limitation: What do neoliberals ignore?

Answer 20

class, gender, and racial inequalities.