Repurposing Neoliberal Education with Local Narratives
Titles of Presentations in a Panel
The Role of Education in Times of Civility Crisis in Brazil - Simone Amorim, Tiradentes University
Reforming the Urban/Metro Normative Vision of Education: Reimagining Education through Local Control, Local Democracy, and Local Engagement - Casey Jakubowski, CTL Solutions
Defender of the Learning Verse: Implementing a Voltron Centered Approach to Education - Warren Whitaker, Molloy University
Abstract
Neoliberal narratives of education’s role in capitalist societies as well as its function in the lives of people, trend toward a singular and centralized vision of what constitutes the purpose of education. Often, this narrative involves 1) the input of resources (i.e., content deposited into students’ minds) for individual refinement which results in 2) the manufacturing of a productive labor force and/or citizenry. On a grand scale, neoliberal ideology requires sameness and mass production that is wholly impossible to achieve and potentially destructive for people who may be abused or exploited by global and local neoliberal machinations. This session pushes back on neoliberal process-product, one-size-fits all narratives and draws attention to multiple purposes of education that are rooted in local contexts and investment in people’s health and humanity. Paper #1 challenges the educational policy and decisionmaking of the current Brazilian presidential administration and recasts higher education as a place for combatting disinformation and forging a new civil discourse. Paper #2 advocates for local control over education in rural areas of the U.S. that are often left out and left behind in the wake of urban-centric, large district school reforms. Paper #3 calls for a rethinking of public education bureaucracy to be collaborative and inclusive by providing a care-centered approach to education across the life-span.
Presentation Description
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Location
Room 107
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Amorim, Simone; Jakubowski, Casey; and Whitaker, Warren, "Repurposing Neoliberal Education with Local Narratives" (2022). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 4.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2022/2022/4
Repurposing Neoliberal Education with Local Narratives
Room 107
Neoliberal narratives of education’s role in capitalist societies as well as its function in the lives of people, trend toward a singular and centralized vision of what constitutes the purpose of education. Often, this narrative involves 1) the input of resources (i.e., content deposited into students’ minds) for individual refinement which results in 2) the manufacturing of a productive labor force and/or citizenry. On a grand scale, neoliberal ideology requires sameness and mass production that is wholly impossible to achieve and potentially destructive for people who may be abused or exploited by global and local neoliberal machinations. This session pushes back on neoliberal process-product, one-size-fits all narratives and draws attention to multiple purposes of education that are rooted in local contexts and investment in people’s health and humanity. Paper #1 challenges the educational policy and decisionmaking of the current Brazilian presidential administration and recasts higher education as a place for combatting disinformation and forging a new civil discourse. Paper #2 advocates for local control over education in rural areas of the U.S. that are often left out and left behind in the wake of urban-centric, large district school reforms. Paper #3 calls for a rethinking of public education bureaucracy to be collaborative and inclusive by providing a care-centered approach to education across the life-span.
