New Right Prespective

Question 1

Chubb and Moe

Answer 1

Consumer choice

Question 2

Two roles of the state

Answer 2

State imposes a framework on schools within which they have to compete (league tables)

State ensures that schools transmit a shared culture- children forced into a single cultural heritage

Question 3

EVAL

Answer 3

Gewirtz and Ball- argue competition between schools benefits middle class, use cultural and economic capital

Marxists argue education imposes the culture of the dominant minority of the ruling class and devalues culture of WC/ ethnic minorities

Critics argue real cause of low educational standards is not state control but social inequality