Session Information
23 SES 09 B, The National Faces of Neoliberalism in Education in Rich and Developing Countries
Symposium
Time:
2009-09-30
10:30-12:00
Room:
HG, HS 7
Chair:
Dave Hill
Discussant:
Jill Pinkney Pastrana
Contribution
This paper explores the consequences of the neo-liberalisation of 'education' that occurred in many countries around the world. In a context in which national and international levers are promoting privatisation, commercialisation, marketisation, decentralisation, deregulation as well as ‘new public management’ (business management methods) policies, 'education' is increasingly shifting in its meaning and experiences of practice.
These changes, as reflected within the British education system, introduced processes of surveillance under the name of 'quality assurance' which have profoundly detrimental impacts for the educated and as well as their educationalists, and thus ultimately society. In this context the 'educated subject' is constructed a priori within the education system's specific discourse into which human beings labelled 'the threshold student' have to fit in. This leads, amongst other problematic outcomes, to the increasing production of uncritical thinkers, compliant to the needs of the market, as well as fostering the increasing erosion of the professional autonomy of educators.
Neo-liberalisation is clearly intensifying 'race', 'gender', and class-based hierarchies, as well as diminishing democratic control of schools and other educational institutions. This paper will also try to explore the dimensions and potential forms of resistance to this dis-enchanting status quo.
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