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All notes taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTZLrG_2YAI&t=274s
What did the New Right say about education?
Developed functionalist ideas of social solidarity and the teaching of specialist skills
Additionally, parents should be given choice in their child’s education
LEAs are inefficient- prefer free market approach (Chubb and Moe)
How do you achieve marketisation?
Competition between schools for results
Increased choice for parents- open enrollment
Increased involvement of private enterprise in education
What did the Education Reform Act introduce?
National curriculum
Formula funding
Standardised testing
Parental choice and enrollment
What did the Education Reform Act develop further?
Introduction of OFSTED
League tables
What are the applications to contemporary education?
Standardised testing throughout school life
Development of education markets extending from early years to higher education
Increased privatisation of education
A wider range of schools
What are the evaluations of the Education Reform Act?
Marketisation has been the dominant approach to education for over 30 years
Introduced selection policies that certain social groups
Gerwitz et al- middle class advantaged as they can play the system
Skilled/privileged chooser
Semi-skilled chooser
Local or disconnected chooser
