New Right view on Educational Policy
- Believe that some people are naturally more intelligent
- Education needs to socialise individuals international identity and shared values
- Society is meritocratic
- Education prepares you for the workforce
- Students are responsible for themselves
- New Right theorists argue that the current system does not do this as it is run by
the state:
- State education systems take a standard ‘one size fits all’ approach to force
uniformity which disregards local needs
- The New Right was concerned that children educated in left-wing local
authorities may learn history that was not sufficiently patriotic or there could be
radical ideas ideas around gender or sexual orientation (not reflective of family
views)
- Chubb and Moe argued that the reason private schools (in the US) performed
better than schools in the public sector was due to the fact that the schools
were answerable to paying parents
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,Social Democratic view on Educational Policy
- Education requires heavy investment by governments
- Social Democrats believe all pupils should be given a fair chance in education
- This in turn will lead to economic growth as it enables each individual to
maximise their potential
- Social Democrats favour a gradual approach to social change most importantly
- Theodore Schultz
- Skills and knowledge are forms of capital in themselves,
- Increasing spending on education represents an investment in people as
the more governments spends on education, the more skilled workforce
will become
- Gillborn and Youdell identify four dimensions of a quality in education:
- Equality of Access - everyone can go to school
- Equality of Circumstance - everyone should have the same starting point
- Equality of Participation - equal rights to participate in education events
(trips, lectures)
- Equality of Outcome - equal chance to do well after a school (further
education and progression)
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,Education Reform Act - 1988
- Aims of the ERA
- Marketisation - Making schools compete for government funding
- Schools outperforming others succeed, while underperforming schools are
shut down or taken over in order to improve
- Parentocracy - Parents have a choice over where they send their children
- Improve efficiency of schools
- Introductions of the ERA
- National Curriculum, Open Enrolment, National Testing (SATs and GCSEs),
OFSTED
- League Tables - Parents make informed decisions on where to send their
kids based on performance data
- Funding Formula - Funding was distributed based on the subscription
level of a school
- Ball - School/Parent alliance
- MC parents want MC schools, schools want MC pupils, the schools with
more MC pupils do better, school maintains position in league tables
- Gerwitz - Do Parents Have Choice?
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, Gerwitz (1995) - Parental Choice
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- Believe that some people are naturally more intelligent
- Education needs to socialise individuals international identity and shared values
- Society is meritocratic
- Education prepares you for the workforce
- Students are responsible for themselves
- New Right theorists argue that the current system does not do this as it is run by
the state:
- State education systems take a standard ‘one size fits all’ approach to force
uniformity which disregards local needs
- The New Right was concerned that children educated in left-wing local
authorities may learn history that was not sufficiently patriotic or there could be
radical ideas ideas around gender or sexual orientation (not reflective of family
views)
- Chubb and Moe argued that the reason private schools (in the US) performed
better than schools in the public sector was due to the fact that the schools
were answerable to paying parents
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,Social Democratic view on Educational Policy
- Education requires heavy investment by governments
- Social Democrats believe all pupils should be given a fair chance in education
- This in turn will lead to economic growth as it enables each individual to
maximise their potential
- Social Democrats favour a gradual approach to social change most importantly
- Theodore Schultz
- Skills and knowledge are forms of capital in themselves,
- Increasing spending on education represents an investment in people as
the more governments spends on education, the more skilled workforce
will become
- Gillborn and Youdell identify four dimensions of a quality in education:
- Equality of Access - everyone can go to school
- Equality of Circumstance - everyone should have the same starting point
- Equality of Participation - equal rights to participate in education events
(trips, lectures)
- Equality of Outcome - equal chance to do well after a school (further
education and progression)
2
,Education Reform Act - 1988
- Aims of the ERA
- Marketisation - Making schools compete for government funding
- Schools outperforming others succeed, while underperforming schools are
shut down or taken over in order to improve
- Parentocracy - Parents have a choice over where they send their children
- Improve efficiency of schools
- Introductions of the ERA
- National Curriculum, Open Enrolment, National Testing (SATs and GCSEs),
OFSTED
- League Tables - Parents make informed decisions on where to send their
kids based on performance data
- Funding Formula - Funding was distributed based on the subscription
level of a school
- Ball - School/Parent alliance
- MC parents want MC schools, schools want MC pupils, the schools with
more MC pupils do better, school maintains position in league tables
- Gerwitz - Do Parents Have Choice?
3
, Gerwitz (1995) - Parental Choice
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