the new right

Question 1

what do the new right think about education?

Answer 1

-believe the government should impose a framework on schools

-the purpose of education is the transmission of social skills needed to contribute to society

Question 2

what did Thatcher do?

Answer 2

Education reform act 1988
-league tables to increase competition between schools
-OFSTED to keep schools in check
-marketisation of schools to encourage involvement from parents

Question 3

what is parentocracy? Thatcher

Answer 3

wanted parents to make informed decisions about which school their child should go to

Question 4

evaluation for thatcher?

Answer 4

-contradictory advocates for laisse-faire but then introduced OFSTED which makes sure all schools are working to a standard

Question 5

what did Buchannan and Tullock suggest?

Answer 5

-monopolisation of education
-education should be run like a business
-education used to be like a monopoly so other options weren’t available
-education reflected the interests of mangers and teachers,not students and parents
-this led to the introduction of academies,religious schools

Question 6

evaluation of Buchannan and Tullock

Answer 6

monitisation
-becomes all about the money rather than considering the childs ability`

Question 7

What did Chubb and Moe suggest?

Answer 7

-said formal funding is like a gift voucher
-children in state schools performed worse those in private schools,because when motivated by money schools act more in the interests of their ‘costumers’