New right on education Flashcards
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The New right
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- Developed functionalist ideas of social solidarity and the teaching of specialist skills
- additionally, parents should be given choice in their child’s education
- LEA are inefficient - prefer free market approach (Chubb and Moe)
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How to achieve this
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- competition between schools for results
- increased choice for parents - open enrolment
- increased involvement of private enterprise in education
3
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1988 Education Reform Act
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Introduced:
- National curriculum
- formula funding
- standardised testing
- Parental Choice and open enrolment
Further development
- Introduction of OFSTED
- League tables
4
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Application to Contemporary Education
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- standardised testing throughout school life
- Development of education markets extending from early years to higher education
- increased privatisation of education
wider range of schools
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Evaluation/Criticisms
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- marketisation has been dominant approach approach to education for over 30 years
- introduced selection policies that disadvantage certain social groups
- Gerwitz et al- middle class advantaged as they can play the system