neoliberalism and the new right

Question 1

WHAT IS NEOLIBERALISM

Answer 1

an economic theory that favours the free market with minimal government intervention

Question 2

what is privatisation

Answer 2

when state owned companies tender off into privately owned companies with no state intervention, Megan in 80s

Question 3

List 3 benefits of privatisation

Answer 3

• more choice for consumers
• potentially less tax
• improves standards
• more competition

Question 4

what is the new right

Answer 4

the philosophy that is associated with conservatism, believes in traditional values and institutions

Question 5

what does the new right argue

Answer 5

argues for parentocracy - belief that parents and their children should be allowed the choice of schools in which they attend to
- UK schools are unresponsive to needs of economy, does not teach employable skills

Question 6

how can the new right improve the system

Answer 6

• Favour the marketisation of business
• Schools should run like businesses, more competition and therefore improvement
• Schools that perform well, will attract more students

Question 7

What did Chubb and moe find

Answer 7

• schools are unresponsive to needs of students, parents and economy
• schools provide low standard education, discrimination towards the disadvantaged
• couldn’t contribute to the economy due to lack of teaching employable skills
• high levels of unemployment

Question 8

what do they argue

Answer 8

• parents should be given an education voucher
• privately funded schools are more responsive to needs
• schools must continue to compete and improve their business

Question 9

Impacts of the new right on the system

Answer 9

• schools must provide league tables, oftsted reports and exam results, inform parents
• 1988 education act included parentocracy and the marketisation of schools
• funding formula changed; better schools received more funding from government
• new labour introduced academisation to save failing schools
  coalition created free schools funded by government

Question 10

what is framework

Answer 10

the publishment of ousted reports, league tables, and exam results

Question 11

what is shared culture

Answer 11

schools must follow national curriculum to teach, all schools must teach the same thing to provide fairness

Question 12

how does education and functionalism relate

Answer 12

• the hardest working, get the highest jobs (parsons)
• education should teach employable and specialist skills (Durkheim)
• the education system must be more responsive to needs of the economy ( Blau and Duncan )

Question 13

List 3 evaluation points

Answer 13

• Parent choice reproduces class inequality - the middle class get a better education
• no evidence of standards improving, academies provide poor education
• prepares students to passively accept poor jobs, and low wages
• schools put profit before students’ wellbeing