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Flashcards by ashiana121, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by ashiana121
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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