The Neo-Liberal Education Policies of "Epimeleia Heautou": Caring for the Self in School Markets

Autor/inn/en	Webb, P. Taylor; Gulson, Kalervo; Pitton, Viviana
Titel	The Neo-Liberal Education Policies of "Epimeleia Heautou": Caring for the Self in School Markets
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 35 (2014) 1, S.31-44 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2012.739465
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Educational Policy; Neoliberalism; Equal Education; Ethnic Groups; Self Concept; Individual Development; Foreign Countries; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Ethnie; Selbstkonzept; Individuelle Entwicklung; Ausland
Abstract	The paper argues that neo-liberal education policy has capitalized on a historical concern to care for the self, or the Greek "epimeleia heautou". We discuss "epimeleia heautou" in relation to education policies that emphasize greater choice in curriculum offerings, and in relation to school choice policies more generally. Thus, a premise of our argument is that school choice policies accommodate a much greater range of selves to be cared for. The analysis examines the neo-liberal subject, "homo oeconomicus", in relation to education policy that produces choices of the self and choices for its care. We conclude by discussing conceptions of the self in relation to two aporias of neo-liberal educational equality produced through ethnic-specific schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10