New Right And Social Democratic View On Education Policy

Question 1

What is the new right belief

Answer 1

-believed that some are more intelligent than others naturally
-society is meritocratic (rewarded for hardwork)
-students responsible for theirselves

Question 2

What did Chubb and Moe argue about (case study for new right)

Answer 2

Argued that the reason private schools (in the usa) performed better than schools in public were because schools were answerable to paying parents

Question 3

What is the social democratic view

Answer 3

-society should be fair
-everyone should have an equal chance
-education should be a means for social mobility for all

Question 4

What did theodore schultz argue about (social democratic case study)

Answer 4

-skills and knowledge are forms of capital themselves
-increasing spending on education represents an investment on people
-more gov spend=more skilled workforce

Question 5

What did gillborn and youdel say (social democratic case study)

Answer 5

1-equality of access, everyone can go school
2-equality of circumstance, everyone should have same starting point
3-equality of participation, everyone has a right to participate in skl trips ect
4-equality of outcome, everyone has a equal chance to do well