New Right

    Cards (8)

    • Neo-liberalism
      Economic policy, less state intervention and privatisation of companies
    • Neo-conservatism
      Belief in traditional values in social institutions (family, education)
    • NR Beliefs
      • Schools should be ran like a business > compete to attract consumers with products they want
      • State schools don't compete for consumers because they're ran by the state = poor standards
      • Should socialise students into shared values providing sense of national identity
    • NR belief on achieving better standards
      • Competition between schools for results
      • Increased choice for parents
      • Increased involvement of private enterprise in education
    • 1988 Education Reform Act
      • National Curriculum
      • Formula funding
      • Standardised testing
      • Parental choice and open enrolment
    • Application to contemporary education
      • Standardised testing throughout school life
      • Development of education markets extending from early years to higher education
      • Increased privatisation of education
      • Wider range of schools
    • Evaluations
      • Marketisation has been dominant approach to education
      • Introduced selection policies that disadvantage certain social groups
      • Gerwitz and Ball = competition between schools benefit middle class > use cultural and economic capital to gain access to desirable schools
      • Marxists = education imposes culture of ruling class not "national identity" as NR claim
    • Chubb and Moe
      • Disadvantaged groups have been badly served by state education failing to create equal opportunities
      • State education fails to produce pupils with skills needed for economy
      • Private schools deliver higher quality education answerable to paying consumers