1. Starter: Reflect & Connect
Social Solidarity
The status of a person that they achieve through effort (e.g. gaining good exam results).
Specialist Skills
The fixed status of a person within the family (e.g. ‘oldest child’).
Focal socializing agency
A society where everyone is given an equal opportunity to achieve rewards through their own effort and ability.
Particularistic standards
The idea that school makes sure that people are matched to the job they are best suited to.
Universalistic standards
The skills of workers in society.
Role allocation
Achieved status
What Durkheim argued education helped to create, by passing on society’s beliefs and values.
Ascribed status
The important knowledge required for employment that Durkheim argued the education system provides.
Meritocracy
Parsons described the education system as this, meaning that it acts a bridge between family and society.
Human capital
Values that apply to all children in the same way, within an educational setting (according to Parsons).

2. Peer Assess: Exam Practice
Outline & Explain two functionalist perspectives on Education (10 marks)
8–10 Very good knowledge and understanding of two functionalist perspectives. There will be two applications of relevant material, eg Durkheim & Specialist Skills, Parsons & Meritocracy, Davis and Moore & Role Allocation. There will be appropriate analysis & evaluation: a criticism of each perspective, and a conclusion with a wider evaluation of functionalist views on education.
4–7 Reasonable to good knowledge and understanding of one or two functionalist perspectives. There will be one or two applications of relevant material, eg Durkheim & Specialist Skills, Parsons & Meritocracy, Davis and Moore & Role Allocation. There will be some basic analysis.
1–3 Answers in this band will show limited knowledge and little or no understanding of functionalist perspectives There will be limited focus on the question, eg there may be some drift into outlining other theories or general theories on education. There will be little or no analysis
Give a score out of 10, a strength of their work, and a target for improvement.
8 = A, 7 = B, 6 = C, 5 = D, 4 = E

3. Education Theory: New Right / Neoliberal
COMPETITION and CHOICE
Review the New Right theory.
Elaborate on the New Right’s views on the education system.
Develop critique of New Right.
ALL: Define the key concepts of the theory, and apply modern examples
MOST: Analyse the effects of New Right policies on society
SOME: Evaluate the ideas of the New Right (Positive & Negative)
Specification: The role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and to class structure.

4. The New Right Neoliberalism
Background: The New Right is a conservative perspective, linked politically to the Conservative Party.
Ideology: They think that the state can not provide peoples’ needs, and that people should be left to meet their own needs in the free market.
Sociology Link: They favour the marketisation & privatisation of education. Policy: , 2010-Present
Background: An economic policy that has influenced all governments since 1979.
Ideology: Limited state involvement in private affairs, no government control of economic markets, and privatise most public services.
Sociology Link: Education needs to compete on the world market to raise standards.

5. The New Right Perspective
Education
The New Right Perspective
“Restructure the national workforce”
The New Right is a strand of Conservatism.
INDUSTRY should be free of state intervention.
1980s

6. COMPETITION and CHOICE
Thatcher on Education
COMPETITION and CHOICE
New Right Thinking…

7. Key Concepts
Complete the Card Sort to show an understanding of the key concepts

8. ACTIVITY
To introduce the new right and the idea of marketisation, I ask my students to 'create' their own school and try and 'market' it to the rest of the class. I tell them that they must make it realistic. My group have done previous research on how different local schools are selling themselves. From here I draw in the idea of school vouchers. Each pupil is given a voucher to give to one of the other schools in the class. The group with the most vouchers win

9. New Right thinking on education includes:
Introduce ‘Market Forces’ The MARKETISATION of schools – encouraging competition.
Reduce power of LEA’s – more power to schools.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ model for schools.
Freedom of CHOICE for consumer – makes the market more competitive.
To enhance the role of business in school.
A greater focus on school inspection to ensure rising standards in all state schools.

10. New Right – Role of Education
Chubb and Moe
Consumer choice: Believe state education is failing disadvantaged groups, and that schools are failing to prepare students for the right skills to start work. So they favoured Vocational subjects, eg BTECs and College Courses
Methods: Compare Official Statistics (Attainment), Case Studies of failing schools, surveys with parents.
They believe private schools deliver higher education as they are answerable to their consumers (parents). E.g. education services run as a business e.g. academies
Their ideas led to policies such as ‘Formula Funding’ (aka Vouchers), where they had to complete for students (funding)
Leads to Choice & Diversity for Parents and Students
Two Roles for the State
An overall framework that schools must compete within, e.g. Ofsted reports and results tables.
A National Curriculum, to ensure shared values, affirm national identity with a focus on Britain and Christianity. Integration of EMs rather than MCE.
Criticisms (A03)
Benefits those who can access better schools (richer families) KC: Cultual & Economic Capital (Selection by Mortgage)
The true cause of educational underachievement is Social Inequality
Marxists say that education imposes the values of the dominant classes, not a society’s shared values.

11. New Right – Role of Education
A03 – Analysis & Evaluation
Agree with functionalism in many ways
Meritocracy
Education should socialise kids into a shared value system, and instil national identity.
Disagree that the state should run education.
They want parental choice, and the marketisation of education.

12. More criticisms

13. Exam Practice
Outline and explain two New Right views on the role of education (10 marks)
2 paragraphs of PEEEL covering the main ideas. In your ‘examples and explanations’ pick out and discuss a number of concepts. Mini evaluation paragraph at the end.
We will peer assess this question.

14. Peer Assessment: Exam Practice
Outline & Explain two New Right perspectives on Education (10 marks)
8–10 Very good knowledge and understanding of two perspectives. There will be appropriate analysis & evaluation: a criticism of each perspective, and a conclusion with a wider evaluation of New Right views on education.
4–7 Reasonable to good knowledge and understanding of one or two New Right perspectives. There will be some basic analysis.
1–3 Answers in this band will show limited knowledge and little or no understanding of New Right perspectives There will be limited focus on the question, eg there may be some drift into outlining other theories or general theories on education. There will be little or no analysis.

15. Reflection 1) What was the name of the key New Right theorist?
2) What political ideology does it stem from?
3) They believe that education should be run along them same lines as __________ ?
4) How is it similar to Functionalism?
5) Name one criticism on the New Right?