education perspectives - new right Flashcards
what are the four key idea associated with the new right view of education
competition between schools
external privatisation of education
choice and voice for parents and pupils
surveillance of teachers and top down performance management
what is endogenous privatisation
where public sector organisations are made to work in a more business like way
main policy which introduced endogenous privatisation was 1988 education reform act
introduced league tables and gave parents choice over what school to send their children to
schools then had to compete for pupils as funding was linked to how many pupils they attracted - formula funding
best performing schools in league tables were oversubscribed and worst schools had to just take the lower ability students
resulted in the better performing schools getting better and the lower performing schools getting worse (polarisation)
schools would exclude students who were naughty to keep results high
pupil premium also encouraged schools to take on higher numbers of disadvantaged students who typically have lower academic performance by linking more funding to those students
what is exogenous privatisation
privatisation from the outside through new providers
private companies take over services which had previously been run by the public sector
advanced mainly under the new labour government
example- connexions career services taking over career advice from schools privately run company which operates for a profit
companies an run aspects of educational services more effectively
explain increased choice for parents
giving parents a choice is necessary for there to be an education market
parents need to be able to choose which schools to send their pupils to in order for schools to compete for pupils
general idea is that increased competition will raise standards of schools
explain increasing school diversity
two main policies have increased school diversity
the introduction of academies and the introduction of free schools
academies increased diversity by getting a much wider range of companies involved with running schools
free schools meant that any group of parents charity organisation can apply to run a free school as long as they come up with a viable model and there is a demand they will be approved
Explain increased personalisation of learning
teachers are now expected to tailor their teaching to individual students
Explain top down performance management
involves more surveillance of teachers and pupils
many academies are huge chains with one super head which are the ceo of the academy chain and monitor the performance of all the schools in that chain
heads of individual schools monitor the performance of their staff within their own schools
if one school within the chain is underperforming the management will be sacked and have a new headteacher
meant increased surveillance of schools teachers and pupils so that regular assessments of progress can be made
explain taking over of failing schools
one aspect of increased surveillance is that schools deemed to be failing in OFSTED reports are subject to forced acadamisation
what are the underlying principles of the new right view
reducing government spending
introduction of free market principles into more areas of social life
emphasis on individual freedom responsibility
pro tradition they support the traditional married nuclear family
what are the 3 new right education policies
created an education market - schools were run like businesses competing with each other for pupils and parents were given the choice over which school they send their children to rather than being limited to a local school in their catchment area
lead to the establishment of league tables
schools should teach subjects that prep pupils for work
lead to new vocationalism
state has to provide a framework in order to ensure that schools were all teaching the same thing and transmitting the same shared values
lead to national curriculum
Evaluation of new right ideas of education
vocational education was also often poor
contradiction between wanting schools to be free to compete and imposing a national framework that restricts schools
national curriculum has been criticised for being ethnocentric and too restrictive on teachers and schools
