New Right

Cards (14)

  • What perspective on education do the New Right share with functionalists?
    They believe education should perform a specific role in society.
  • Why do the New Right believe contemporary state education fails?
    They think it fails due to centralized state control and policies aimed at standardization and equality.
  • According to the New Right, what is necessary for education to be meritocratic?
    It needs to be more competitive and focused on choice.
  • How do the New Right view sports days that give everyone a prize?
    They argue this approach fails to instill drive and ambition in individuals.
  • What do the New Right advocate for within and between schools?
    They advocate for competition within schools and between schools.
  • How do the New Right believe competition can affect educational standards?
    They believe it will drive up educational standards as schools attract parents with impressive results.
  • Who argued that private schools perform better than public schools in the USA?
    Chubb and Moe.
  • What is the reason Chubb and Moe give for the better performance of private schools?
    Private schools are answerable to paying parents.
  • What impact do the New Right believe their educational model would have on educational policies?
    It would lead to improvements in educational policies.
  • What do New Right sociologists agree education should impart?
    Shared values.
  • What concerns do the New Right have regarding local education authorities in the 1960s and 1970s?
    They were dominated by values that differed from the value consensus.
  • What specific historical concern did the New Right have about education in local authorities?
    They were concerned about a lack of patriotism in history education.
  • How do the New Right propose to create a parentocracy in education?
    By putting parents in control of educational decisions.
  • What would a parentocracy ensure according to the New Right?
    The value consensus would be set by parents, not politicians.