Progressive Neoliberalism in Education
Critical Perspectives on Manifestations and Resistance
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Book Description
This volume makes the novel contribution of applying Nancy Fraser’s concept of progressive neoliberalism to education in order to illustrate how social justice efforts have been co-opted by neoliberal forces.
As well as recognising the lack of consensus surrounding the very nature of Fraser’s concept of progressive neoliberalism, the book delivers a diversity of perspectives and methodological orientations that offer critical and nuanced examination of the diverse ways in which progressive neoliberalism has shaped education in North America. Documenting manifestations of progressive neoliberalism in areas including anti-racist education, teacher education, STEM, and assessment, the volume uses qualitative empirical research and critical discourse analysis to identify emerging tools and strategies to disentangle the progressive aims of education from neoliberal agendas.
Offering a rarely nuanced treatment of the phenomenon of neoliberalism, this text will benefit scholars, academics, and students in the fields of education policy and politics, the sociology of education, and the philosophy of education more broadly. Those involved with the theory of education and multicultural education in general will also benefit from this volume.
Table of Contents
Part I: Conceptual Critiques of Progressive Neoliberalism in Education
- Introduction: The Twin Motors of Neoliberalism and Progressivism
- Progressive Neoliberalism and the Poverty of the Educational Imaginary
- Dreaming of Global Ecosocialist Futures: Possible Contributions from Science and Technology Education
- The Progressive Neoliberal Proxy: "Colonizing" Empowerment, Choice, and Equity in a Midwest Charter Network
- Progressive Neoliberal Teacher Education: Antithetical to Social Justice Teacher Education?
- Teachers as Superheroes: Ethical Jeopardy and Progressive Neoliberalism
- Reframing Progressive Neoliberalism: The Rhetoric of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
- Postfeminism, Progressive Neoliberalism, and Teacher Influencers
- Progressive Neoliberalism in Action: President Biden Sides with Capital in Mandating K-12 Testing in 2021
- The Progressive Neoliberalism of Teach For America
- The Capture of International Education by Progressive Neoliberalism: Illuminations, Qualifications, and Educating Beyond
- The Chicago Teachers Unions as Counterhegemony: Organized Resistance During COVID-19
- We (Re) Member: Progressive Neoliberalism and School Closure
- Progressive Neoliberalism: Overview and Possible Futures
Ajay Sharma, Mardi Schmeichel, and Elizabeth Wurzburg
Ajay Sharma, Mardi Schmeichel, and Elizabeth Wurzburg
Graham B. Slater and Alexander J. Means
J. Lawrence Bencze
Part II: Manifestations of Progresive Neoliberalism in Education
Angela Kraemer-Holland and Alexandra Cruz
Andrew F. Miller and Elizabeth Stringer Keefe
Rachel Ranschaert, Ajay Sharma, and Ruth Harman
Kerry Ann McKeon
Mardi Schmeichel, Stacey Kerr, and Elizabeth Wurzburg
Stephanie Jones
Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Matthew A.M. Thomas, and Katherine Crawford-Garrett
Part III: Emerging Tools and Strategies to Disentangle Progressive Neoliberalism and Education
Paul Tarc
Rhiannon Maton
Shakita Thomas Kpetay
Editor(s)
Biography
Ajay Sharma is Associate Professor of Educational Theory and Practice, University of Georgia, USA.
Mardi Schmeichel is Associate Professor of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
Elizabeth Wurzburg is Assistant Clinical Professor of Educational Theory & Practice at the University of Georgia, USA.