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Role of Education in Society New Right (Similarities between the NR and…
Role of Education in Society New Right
People are best left to meet their own needs through the free market
Similarities between the NR and Functional views
Both believe that some people are naturally more talented than others
Both favour an education system run on meritocracy principles of open competition
Both believe that education should socialize pupils into shared valueas
Competition
Sense of national identity
Marketisation of education
Creates an "education market"
They believe it will increase schools' ability to meet the needs of parents, pupils and employers
CHUBB AND MOE: CONSUMER CHOICE
Consumers shape schools to meet their own needs and would improve quality and efficiency
They propose a system in which each family would be given a voucher to spend on buyig education from a school of their choice
Schools would have to compete to attract "customers" by improving their "product"
Two roles for the state
The state imposes a framework on schools within which they have to compete
Ofsted inspection reports
The state ensures that schools transmit a shared culture
single National Curriculum, single cultural heritage
Criticisms
Competition between schools benefits the middle class, who can use their cultural and economic capital to gain access to more desiable schools :
Education imposes the culture of the minority ruling class and devalues the culture of the working class and ethnic minorities
The real cause of low educational standards is social inequality and inadequate funding of state schools