The New Right on Education Flashcards

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What are The New Right’s basic ideas on education?

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  • Agree with many functionalist ideas
  • Parents should have choice
  • Agree with a market-based system
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How do The New Right suggest the education system can be improved

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  • Competition between schools (league tables, marketisation)
  • Parental choice
  • Involvement of private enterprizes
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What was introduced in the 1988 Education Reform Act?

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  • National curriculum
  • Formula funding
  • Standardised testing
  • Parental choice
  • OFSTED
  • League tables
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How did Sharon Gerwirtz evaluate the 1988 Education Act?

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The middle class have an advantage when it comes to parental choice

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What is Chubb and Moe’s theory of improving eduaction?

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They suggest that the American system of private schools is better because answerable to paying consumers

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