Education (The New Right and Education)

Question 1

What perspective is the new right instead of a sociological perspective?

Answer 1

Political perspective

Question 2

Why is the new right view interesting to sociologists?

Answer 2

It is a more recent conservative view than functionalism
It has directly influenced educational policy in Britain and elsewhere

Question 3

What strain of conservatism is the new right?

Answer 3

Right Wing

Question 4

The new right supports freedom of business but also…

Answer 4

traditional views of family.

Question 5

Where and who began the new right?

Answer 5

In America under Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

Question 6

Who introduced new right to the UK?

Answer 6

Margaret Thatcher

Question 7

How are some new right ideas similar to functionalism?

Answer 7

They favour a meritocratic system as this creates open competition
Education SHOULD socialise pupils (learn values such as competition)
They feel the education system should provide a sense of national identity

Question 8

What are the differences between the new right views and functionalism?

Answer 8

Insufficient schooling :
State run schools waste money
State run schools achieve lower grades than private schools, leading to high unemployment
State run schools do not give parents/children what they want

Question 9

What does the new right suggest to solve insufficient schooling?

Answer 9

“Parentocracy”
Marketisation of Education
Education Market

Question 10

What is “Parentocracy”?

Answer 10

Parents are the customers
-schools that waste money or get poor results should be answerable to the consumer

Question 11

What is Marketisation of Education?

Answer 11

If schools/collages where ran like a business, ran for profit/MARKET FORCES
Students can compare to find which is most suitable for their needs

Question 12

What is an Education Market?

Answer 12

There should be open competition between schools to encourage them to achieve the best results.

Question 13

What is an evaluation from Gerwitz and Ball of new right’s ways of solving insufficient schooling?

Answer 13

They argue that competition between schools benefits MC pupils whose parents can use their cultural and economic capital to secure places in the most prestigious schools.

Question 14

What does Chubb and Moe’s New Right perspective argue?

Answer 14

That American state education has failed so it should be marketsied.

Question 15

What do Chubb and Moe base their arguments on?

Answer 15

A comparison of the achievements of 60,000 pupils from low income families in over 1,000 state and private schools.

Question 16

What did Chubb and Moe think about education vouchers?

Answer 16

Parents would be able to select a school and ‘pay’ them directly. If that school did not deliver they can take that voucher to another school.

Question 17

What did Chubb and Moe’s influential views help shape?

Answer 17

1988 Education Reform Act

Question 18

What two central values do the new right have towards the education system?

Answer 18

Competition (schools must be encouraged to compete for the best results) and Choice (schools make their strengths clear to parents)

Question 19

Standardised framework is a new right role of education, what is this?

Answer 19

All schools should operate in a very similar way, so parents can tell which are good or bad.

Question 20

Shared culture is a new right role of education, what is this?

Answer 20

Schools should promote similar values that will prepare for the economy - this will help create competition.

Question 21

What do the New Right think to multicultural education?

Answer 21

They oppose this and believe that the curriculum should emphasise Britain’s positive role in world history and should promote a Christian act of worship.

Question 22

Who continued the new right approach from 1990-1997?

Answer 22

John Major’s government (Baker Act 1998)

Question 23

Apart of the Education Reform Act 1998 was introducing Grant-maintained schools, what was this?

Answer 23

Funded directly by the government, cutting out all local authorities (councils)

Question 24

Apart of the Education Reform Act 1998 was introducing the National Curriculum, what was this?

Answer 24

A way for all schools to be compared as they are taught the same aspects.

Question 25

The ERA 1998 introduced League Tables, what did this mean?

Answer 25

Schools could be ranked

Question 26

The ERA 1998 introduced national testing, what did this mean?

Answer 26

SAT's where taken at 7,11 and 14 which fed into league tables.

Question 27

City Technology Colleges were introduced by the ERA 1998, what was this?

Answer 27

Inner city schools geared towards science, maths and technology, preparing students for a world of work.

Question 28

Formula funding was a part of the ERA 1998, what was this?

Answer 28

Schools received money per student.

Question 29

ERA 1998 introduced open enrolment, this meant...

Answer 29

the removal of zones and boundaries.

Question 30

ERA 1998 introduced Business Sponsorship, what was this?

Answer 30

Underperforming schools could get loans from private business' to make improvements.

Question 31

ERA introduced regular inspections in 1994, what was an example of this?

Answer 31

Ofsted

Question 31

Education Reform Act introduced the idea of a prospectus, what was this?

Answer 31

A tool that was used to show what schools offered

Question 32

How do Gerwitz and Ball criticise the NR?

Answer 32

They say competition benefits the middle class at the expense of the working class.

Question 33

What does Ball accuse the national curriculum of?

Answer 33

Being ethnocentric, prioritises one culture.

Question 34

What criticisms have been made of Ofsted?

Answer 34

They only provide a snapshot of how a school is performing - teachers may also 'put on a show' for the benefit of the observer.

Question 35

What do some argue low achievement is a result of?

Answer 35

Social inequality and inadequate funding of schools.