the new right

Question 1

how is the new right view of education similar to functionalists?

Answer 1

• education is important for a successful economy (trains students)
• some people are more talented than others
• role allocation at work is based on educational meritocracy (most able recruited into most important jobs)
• education should socialise pupils into shared values which will provide a sense of national identity and cohesion to ensure a stable society

Question 2

what is the new rights main idea about the education system?

Answer 2

the current education system is not achieving previous goals mentioned because it is run by the state - the state cannot meet people’s needs and people are best left to meet their own through the free market

Question 3

why is the es being run by the state an issue?

Answer 3

• takes a one size fits all approach imposing uniformity and disregarding local needs, local consumers who use the schools - pupils parents and employers have no say
• es is unresponsive and inefficient

Question 4

what is the new rights solution?

Answer 4

the marketisation of education - competition between schools and empowering consumers will bring greater diversity choice and efficiency to schools and increase schools ability to meet the needs of pupils parents and employers

Question 5

what did chubb and moe argue and find?

Answer 5

investigated state run education in the us and found it failed because:
- not created enough equal opportunities
- failed needs of disadvantaged groups
- private schools deliver higher quality education as they are answerable to paying consumers (parents)
- fails to produce pupils with the skills needed by the economy

Question 6

evaluation

Answer 6

the real cause of low educational standards is not state control but social inequality and inadequate funding of state schools