Neoliberalism and New Right Flashcards

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what is neoliberalism?

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an economic doctrine that has major impact on education policy.
Neoliberals argue teh state shouldn’t provide services such as education/welfare

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what is neoliberalism based on?

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the idea that the state must not dictate to individuals how to dispose of their own property and should not try to regulate a free-market economy

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what do neoliberals believe the value of education lies in?

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how well it enables a country to compete in the global marketplace

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what are some of the neoliberal views on education?

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  • consumers such as parent/student should have more choice and greater say in education decision-making.
  • schools should compete with one another because free market competition drives up standards.
  • high gov. spending on education is undesirable
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what is the New Right?

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conservative political view that incorporates neoliberal economic ideas.

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what is a central principle of New Right thinking?

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belief that the state cannot meet people’s needs and that people are best left to meet their own needs through the free market

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what similarities are there between neoliberalism/New Right and functionalism?

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  • education should keep pace with ever-evolving economies and produce skilled workers
  • ed systems need to respond to globalisation
  • most talented and skillful members deserve higher rewards
  • education should promote social integration and national identity
  • ed systems should be meritocratic
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why does the New Right believe marketisation will improve education?

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the free market puts constant pressure on private providers of education to maintain high standards/ improve their product.
if they fail to do so, their ‘consumers’ go elsewehere

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why has the state-run education in USA failed according to CHUBB and MOE?

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  • it hasn’t created equal opportunity and has failed the needs of disadvantaged children
  • it is inefficient because it fails to produce pupils with skills needed by the economy
  • private schools deliver higher quality education because they are answerable to paying consumers
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what do CHUBB AND MOE base thier arguments on ?

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a comparison of the achievements of 60,000 pupils from low-income familes in state and private high schools, together with findings of a parent survery and case studies of failing schools being turned around.

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How much better do children from low-income families do in private schools according to CHUBB and MOE?

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5%

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what system do CHUBB and MOE propose?

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each family is given a voucher to spend on buying education from a school of their choice, forcing schools to become more responsive to the parents’ wishes, since vouchers would be their main source of income

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what two roles of the state does the New Right acknowledge?

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  • the state imposes a framework on schools within which they can compete. e.g. publishing Ofsted inspection reports and league tables - the state gives parents information with which to make a more informed choice
  • the state ensures schools transmit a shared culture, By imposing national curriculum it gaurantees that schools socialise pupils into a shared cultural heritage.
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why does the New Right support the national curriculum?

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they believe education should affirm the national identity. e.g. teach GB literature and history.

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who aregues that marketisation benefits the M/C who use their cultural/economic capital to gain access to desirable schools?

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GEWIRTZ and BALL

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what contradiction in the New Right’s policies can be identified?

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supporting parental choice and the imposition of a compulsory national curriculum

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why has the New Right’s emphasis on affirming the national identity been criticised?

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neglects cultural diversity and the different minority groups in Britain.

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According to critics, what is the real reason for low educational standards (not state control)?

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social inequality and inadequate funding of state schools

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how did the 1988 ERA introduce concepts of marketisation and parentocracy?

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  • changing funding formular so popular schools obtain more funding
  • introducing league tables so schools could compete with each other
20
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how did the coalition gov of 2010-2015 continue the privatisation of education/

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  • allowed parents to set up free schools
  • Education Services Industry has grown dramatically - it owns exam boards and private companies are in partnership with the state in the building of schools