WYO social policy 2 mix up

What is the New Right ?

• A conservative political perspective
• Development of society
• Averse to change

What did Chubb and Moe study

• Compared achievement from different social groups
• Looked at the school
• Gave the students tests

What was Chubb and Moe's findings ?

• Pupils from low-income families do about 5% better in private than state run schools
• High class students tend to achieve less
• There is alot of equality in schools

What is parentocracy?

• Parental choice
• Parents trying to gain control
• Parents having less choice
• Parents influencing the school

Who studied Parentocracy?

• Gerwitz
• Chubb and Moe
• Bushwell
• Finn

What did gerwitz and ball say?

• Competition between schools benefits and the middle class
• Competition betweenparents
• Competition between friends
• Competition between different years in school

how do market forces apply to education?

• school compete to attract pupils
• school wanted to increase parentocracy
• to increase equality in education
• to better socialise students

what are league tables?

• publicly record which school perform well
• secretly record how school perform
• compete to gain parentocracy
• demonstrate the results of schools

what is new vocationalism?

• practical skill courses
• academic skill courses
• exams
• speaking courses

what is a criticism of new vocationalism?

• kept pay for young low
• too many practical skills encouraged
• reduced unemployment
• reduced crime