How The Education System Serves The Needs Of The Economy Flashcards
What type of education system do new rightists favour?
One run on meritocratic principles of open competition.
One that meets the needs of the economy by preparing young people for work
Why is the education system failing to meet the needs of the economy? (Chubb and Moe)
It fails to produce pupils with skills needed for the economy
Why is the education system failing overall? (New right)
Its one size fits all approach disregards local needs.
It is inefficient because of this.
Study done to back New right up
Comparison of 6000 different pupils from 1015 different state/independent schools and a parent survey
What do Chubb and Moe call for? What are the benefits of their solution?
Introduction of market system in state education.
Allows consumers to shape schools to fit their needs and improve efficiency
Criticisms of new rightists
Social inequality is the real cause of low educational standards Ball- competition between schools only benefits the middle class who use cultural/economic capital to access best schools
Study backing up correspondence principle
237 NY high schoolers. B+G conclude that schools reward traits that make workers compliant. Displaying traits linked with obedience gets higher grades
How does the education system meet the needs of the economy? (B+G)
Correspondence principle
What does Althusser argue that it is?
An ISA
What are the education systems two functions (Althusser)?
- Reproduction of class inequality by transmitting it from gen to gen
- Legitimises class inequality by producing the myth of meritocracy
Criticisms of Marxism
Postmodernists- education produces diversity now
Willis’ small scale study is not representative and romanticises WC despite anti social behaviour
Critical modernists- Marxists ignore other types of inequality
