Role of Education: The New Right Flashcards
Similarities with functionalism?
- believe some are more talented than others
- run on meritocratic competition
- socialise shared values
- prepare young people for work
Key difference with functionalism?
they don’t believe education is working due to state funding
the new rights problem with the education system
- it takes a ‘one size fits all’ approach imposing uniformity
- this disregards local needs
- parents students etc don’t get a say
how could this problem be solved?
the marketisation of education
- this would mean competition which could increase standards and better meet needs
why has state run education failed?
CHUBB AND MOE
- does not have equal opportunity
- inefficient as it does not produce skills needed
- private schools deliver better education because they are answerable to paying customers
what did chubb and moe say should happen?
- parents should be given a voucher to spend on buying education
- forcing schools to attract customers
What are the two roles for the state?
Imposes a framework
Transmission of shared culture
Imposes a framework
framework within they have to compete e.g league tables
gives information to parents to make and informed choice
Shared culture
imposing a national cirruculum
socialise pupils into a single heritage
affirm national identity
Evaluations of new right perspective?
- Gerwitz and Ball
- contradiction over parental choice
- marxist argument
- real cause of low education standards being funding and inequality
Gerwitz and Ball
- argue competition benefits middle class more
- as they have cultural and economic capital they can use to get into better schools
Contradiction between parental choice
- Say there should be parental choice but impose national curriculum
Marxist view
- says education doesn’t impose national culture but ruling class ideology and devalues other cultures inc w/c and ethnic groups
