Neoliberalism| New Right Perspective on Education

Question 1

What is Neoliberalism based on the idea of?

what does it favour within its poplitcial approach?

Answer 1

A political approach that favours free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reduction in government spending.

Question 2

What does Neoliberalists say about the value of education?

think about opportunities.

Answer 2

It lies in how well it enables the country to compete in the global marketplace.

Question 3

What kind of approach does Neoliberalism aim for?

what do they want schools to be more like?

Hint: consumerism.

Answer 3

Schools to be more like businesses, empowering parents and students as consumers and allowing for competition.

Question 4

What is the New Right?

Answer 4

A political view that advocates for unrestrained free market capitalism, arguing that the reduction in govt. spending could create success for all.

it incorporates neoliberalism.

Question 5

New Right believe that the way for people to meet their needs is through favouring the Marketisation of Education.

What is this?

Answer 5

The idea that when the schools create competition, it will bring greater diversity and increase ability to creates the efficiency for their school.

Question 6

What are some of the similarities between Functionalist and New Right?

E.g: Both believe that some people are naturally talented than others.

Keywords: meritocracy, socialise.

Answer 6

Both favour the idea of school running on meritocratic principles.
Both believe that the education should socialise pupils into shared values, such as competition to instil a sense of identity.

Question 7

What is the key difference between Functionalists and New Right?

Answer 7

New Right does not believe that the education system is achieving these goals.

Question 8

What is the key reason for failure in school as told by the New Right?

Answer 8

The problem is that it is run by the state.

Question 9

What approach does the New Right argue the education system takes?

Answer 9

‘One size fits all’.

Question 10

What is the underlying cause of the local consumers?

what can’t they do and what reaction does this give to the state?

Hint: the state are unresponsive. [why]?

Answer 10

The local consumers have no say and then the state becomes unresponsive.

Question 11

What impact does the school give local consumers when the school waste money or get poor results?

Answer 11

The consumers are not answerable, there is nothing they can do to advertise.

Question 12

What does the school’s wastage of money mean of the standard of the achievement of pupils?

economical.

Answer 12

Lower standards; less qualified workforced ans less prosperous economy.

Question 13

Name the two New Right sociologists.

Answer 13

Chubb and Moe.

Question 14

Chubb and Moe:

What do they argue about the United States ‘state-run’ education?

why has it done so?

Answer 14

Failed; not creating equal opprtunities, fails to produce pupils with the skills needed for the economy.

Question 15

Chubb and Moe:

What do they say about the private run schools?

what do they deliver/produce?

Answer 15

Higher quality education because they answer to their consumers-parents.

Question 16

Chubb and Moe:

How many pupils from low income families were there in the 1,015 state and private high schools?

Answer 16

60,000.

Question 17

Chubb and Moe:

What did their study of the 60,000 pupils conclude about the low income families?

It was a parent survey; what did they find that the students did?

Answer 17

Low-income families do 5% better in private than in state schools.

Schools maybe ‘turned around’?

Question 18

Chubb and Moe:

What do they argue that introducing the Marketisation of Education will do for schools?

*Consumers=parents.

Answer 18

Allow consumers to shape schools to meet their own needs and would improve the quality and efficiency.

Question 19

Chubb and Moe:

With this Marketisation strategy, what did they propose to the families in that they would be given?

Answer 19

Vouchers to use and spend on buying education e.g school of their choice.

Question 20

Chubb and Moe:

Eventually, what would these vouchers impact the school and the consumers?

E.g They earn money from these buys which helps them improve the school.

Answer 20

Consumers would use it on a school of their choice, contributing to the production of the school.
Attract customers with this so that they can become more efficient.

Question 21

What are the two roles for the state?

Keywords: compete, frame, transmit.

Answer 21

States imposes a framework on schools which they have to compete for.
States insure that schools transmit a shared culture.

Question 22

What is some examples of the types of framework the schools produce?

Answer 22

Publishing League tables, Ofsted inspection reports, exam results.