New Right Flashcards
(6 cards)
What is the new right?
A conservative political view, that incorporates neoliberal economic ideas. Central principle is the belief that state can’t meet people’s needs and people are best left to meet there own needs via free market (capitalist economy).
however there are two important roles of state;
-impose framework within which they compete ofsted reports and leagues tables to ensure parents are provided with info to make informed choices.
-Ensure a shared culture is transmitted by imposing standardised national curriculum to ensure school socialises pupil into single cultural heritage.
What does new right reflect?
Marketisation. Creates an education market where competition is created to make it more business like. Which would force schools to be more responsive to parents’ wish. So schools have attract by improving product which increases educational standards.
Parentocracy. Empower consumers of education as their granted greater power to shape their children’s education as there able to choose where to send their kid, previously allocated to school in their attachment area by LEA. Brings greater diversity, choice, efficiency increases the ability to meet needs.
What is new rights perspective on education?
Similar to functionalists believe some people are more naturally talented than others, favour education system as meritocratic principles of open competition, educationa should serve the needs of the economy by preparing for work, education should socialise people into shared collective values such as competition and instil a sense of national identity. However they did not believe the education was achieving these goals.
What are the reasons education system is not achieving the goals?
Seen as inefficient cause it fails to produce pupil with the skills needed for economy. To address this introduced new vocationalism policy which include GNVQ courses which they taught as an alternative to academic which prepared for work by job specific skills in schools.YTS scheme introduced combined work experience & education for unemployed leavers for a year.
They believe private school deliver higher quality as they are answerable to paying consumers. Belief that state cannot meet people needs & best left to meet their own via free market.
Evaluate the new right view on education.
-Critics of the New Right argue that problems in education are not a result of state-controlled education, but a lack of state funding of it.
-Ball and Gerwitz arguecompetition between schools is more likely to benefit the middle class who can use their cultural and economic capital to ensure that their children gain access to the most desirable of schools.
-Marxists argue that education does not impose a shared culture but the culture of the dominant class and devalues the culture of the working class(symbolic violence) and ethnic minorities(ethno centric curriculum).
What is neo-liberalism?
An economic philosophy behind new right that’s had major influence in education policy. Neo liberals believe state should not service educational and health. It’s based on idea state must not dictate to individuals & shouldn’t try to regulate a free market economy and encourage competition, deregulate markets & private state run business.
Bro liberals have influenced all governments since 1979 particularly conservatives, they believe value of education is how well it enable country to compete in global market. They think this can only be achieved if schools act like businesses, empowering parents and pupil as consumers using comp between school to drive up standards ( ofsted reports and league tables).
