Full Plan on how to write New Right Views on Education Paragraphs Flashcards
What will the Introduction Paragraph say?
New Rights believe goods and services are best delivered through a competitive market
What does the Introduction say Marketisation has influenced?
Influenced the 1979-90 Thatcher Government
What is the point of the first paragraph?
The New Right believes creating competition in Education will raise Educational standards
What piece of Evidence is there to support your first point? What does it say?
1988 Education Reform Act, which made it so that schools had to be structured as businesses in order to gain more pupils to get a larger budget
What is the link to the supporting point of evidence in the first paragraph?
If schools are more able to see how they perform compared to other schools, they will raise standards
Who says the criticism in the first paragraph? What Ideology are they from?
Rikowski, Marxist
What does Rikowski’s Criticism in the first paragraph say?
It is wrong to treat Education as a business because it will lead to a focus on profit rather than studnets
What is the point of the second paragraph?
The Education systems focus on widening choice and diversity
What piece of Evidence is there to support your second point? What does it say?
1988 Education Reform Act, introduced the ability to choose from other schools from the catchment area school
In the second point, mention which schools eventually had more of a focus due to the 1988 Education Reform Act
Academies and Free Schools
Who makes the criticism point in the second paragraph?
Ball
What does Ball say in his criticism in the second point paragraph? Why?
The 1988 Education Reform Act has mostly benefitted middle class pupils due to parentocracy and the likelihood that middle class parents will research in to schools more
What is the point in the third paragraph?
The New Right believe that schools should teach subjects to students to help prepare them for work
What is the supporting piece of evidence for your third point paragraph? Why?
Lack of employability skills among school leavers created Vocational Education
How do you further develop the point in your third paragraph? (Supportive point this is)
BTEC’s and NVQ’s were created to help prepare young people for work better
Who says the criticism in the third point paragraph?
Pring
What does Pring say in the third point paragraph as a criticism?
It has created the New Tripartism of A Levels, T Levels and Training schemes, with A levels being seen as the highest
How do you further develop Prings criticism in the third point paragraph?
Middle class students are more likely to pick A levels, which are seen in a higher esteem so will once again be more employable
What is the point of the fourth paragraph?
Schools play an important role in tranmitting the norms and values of society through the formal and hidden curriculum
What is the main piece of evidence to support the fourth point paragraph?
National Curriculum in the 1988 Education Reform Act
How do you develop your supporting point in your fourth paragraph further?
The standard curriculum has allowed for all pupils to be taught the same subjects and have a value consensus
What is the sociologist that supports the point made in the fourth paragraph? What Sociological Theory are they from?
Parsons, Functionalism
What would Parsons say in the fourth point paragraph to support the argument?
He argues that school acts as a bridge to wider society so keeping a set of norms and values would be essential for the transition.
What is the point in the fifth paragraph?
It explains the underachievement of pupils due to factors outside of school
What is the main piece of evidence to support the fifth point paragraph?
Murray argues boys who grow up in lone parent families are more likely to underachieve
How do you develop your fifth point paragraph main piece of evidence further?
Murrary says that the boys lack a respectable male role model so they look for one in the media or the streets
What is the main point of the criticism of the fifth point paragraph?
Murray is wrong to only focus on cultural factors, instead stating that gaps in technology access also have an impact
Who argues with the criticism in the fifth paragraph point?
Smith and Noble
What do Smith and Noble say in the fifth paragraph criticism point?
Boys who grow up with little technology to use for studying means they underachieve
