The new articulation of equity education in neoliberal times: the changing conception of social justice in Ontario
| Autor: | Allison Segeren, Wayne Martino, Goli Rezai-Rashti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Equity (economics)
4. Education media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Neoliberalism 050301 education Rationality Public administration 16. Peace & justice Education Politics Globalization Performativity Accountability 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Education policy 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Globalisation, Societies and Education. 15:160-174 |
| ISSN: | 1476-7732 1476-7724 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2016.1169514 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we draw attention to the impact of neoliberal globalisation in rearticulating conceptions of equity within the Ontario context. The Ontario education system has been hailed for its top performance on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) as a high-equity/high-quality education system and created ‘PISA envy’ in the international context. Our aim in this paper is to provide some critical analysis of the neoliberal rationality and to examine its manifestations for rearticulating conceptions of social justice. Drawing on equity education policies in Ontario and one in-depth interview with an equity practitioner in one of Ontario’s large and most diverse school boards, this paper illustrates how a redefinition of equity has been made possible through neoliberal systems of accountability and performativity involving measurement and facticity. As a result of these strategies, equity policy in education has been concerned with outcome measurement and boys’ underachievement, ... |
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