The New Right and the national curriculum
State control or market forces? 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11487641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoff Whitty (At Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 329-341 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0268093890040402 |
| OpenAlex | W2095560427 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 59 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper takes as its starting point an apparent tension within the Education Reform Act between its imposition of a national curriculum and its stress elsewhere on parental choice and market forces in determining the shape of the school system. The paper then explores differences within the New Right over the issue of the school curriculum, but also points to ways in which neo‐liberal and neo‐conservative positions may ultimately be reconcilable. However, it also suggests that neither position may prove entirely attractive to the government's industrial sponsors who wish the curriculum to be more responsive to the needs of industry. The paper then draws on the findings of a recent research project on school choice to consider some possible consequences of allowing market forces to determine the nature of the curriculum. In conclusion, it stresses the importance of seeing the national curriculum within its broader structural context and notes that there are important lessons to be drawn from the approaches taken by both the tendencies identified within New Right thinking about the curriculum
Context (archaeology · Control (management · Curriculum · Curriculum development · Curriculum mapping · Curriculum theory · Economics · Emergent curriculum · Government (linguistics · Management · National curriculum · Pedagogy · Political science · Position (finance · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools · Finance
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Cause for Concern
| Unique citing works | 59 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,59 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2022 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 55 |