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What are the similarities between the functionalist and NR view of education? | - Some people are more talented than others - Education should be run on meritocratic principles - Education should socialise pupils into shared norms and values, and create a sense of national identity |
What do the New Right believe too much state control over education has resulted in? | Inefficiency, national economic decline, a lack of personal and business initiative, a culture of state welfare dependency, reduced investment in industry |
According to the New Right, why does state-run education not meet the needs of individuals, community or employers? | It ends up as a 'one size fits all' system |
According to New Right sociologists, why do schools that get poor results not change? | Because they are not answerable to their consumers (pupils, parents, teachers) which makes them inefficient |
What does this result in? | Lower standards and a less qualified workforce |
What is the one-word solution New Right sociologists offer to these problems? | Marketisation |
What is meant by marketisation? | Introducing market forces, competition and consumer choice to state run institutions |
How will this benefit the education system? | It will make schools more answerable to their consumers. Competition between other schools means that teachers have to be more efficient. |
What is Chubb and Moe's evidence that supports this idea? | (60,000 low income pupils in 1,015 state and private schools in the USA) the pupils did 5% better in the private schools |
What does this suggest about state education in terms of meritocracy? | It is not meritocratic |
According to Chubb and Moe how has state education failed to create equal opportunity? | It does not have to respond to pupils needs , so parents cannot do anything about failing schools |
So why do private schools deliver higher education? | Because they are answerable to paying consumers |
What is Chubb and Moe's idea of how marketisation of education should be run? | Every family is given a voucher to spend on education and so buys it from a school of their choice |
What role would the state have in education in New Right view? | - Create a framework for competition (by publishing league tables, setting a national curriculum) - Ensure that schools transmit societies shared norms and values (teaching British history) |
What do critics argue is the real reason behind low standards in some state schools? | Inadequate funding |
Who and why does Gerwitz say competition between schools benefit? | The middle class, they are able to get their children into more desirable schools |
What is the Marxist criticism of the New Right view? | Education transmits the culture of the ruling class, not a shared culture or national identity. |
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