Challenging the Hegemony that Rocks the Cradle: An Education for Hope, Justice, and Democracy

Autor/in	O'Brien, Leigh
Titel	Challenging the Hegemony that Rocks the Cradle: An Education for Hope, Justice, and Democracy
Quelle	In: Thought & Action, 29 (2013), S.127-140 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-8475
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; College Applicants; Teacher Education; Neoliberalism; Cultural Influences; Role of Education; Teacher Role; Educational Attitudes; Educational Change; Democracy; Justice; Public Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; College applications; Studienbewerber; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Bildungsauftrag; Lehrerrolle; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Bildungsreform; Demokratie; Gerechtigkeit; Öffentliche Erziehung
Abstract	The author of this article reflects on a study in which she and her two colleagues, teacher educators all, examined prospective students' college applications to gain insight into the discourses with which students entered two early childhood teacher certification programs. They then built on these findings to hypothesize how the identified discourses might affect the applicants' future students. The author revisits this study to examine the presence and possible consequences of hegemony in Early Childhood Education (ECE), perhaps the last place it might be expected. In fact, however, the author states that key neoliberal players on both the domestic and foreign foreign-policy stages might find themselves surprisingly at home in an early childhood classroom due to the significant congruence of their values and agendas with those expressed by the applicants in this study. In this article, the author highlights these parallels to show the pervasive reach of neoliberalism and to recommend actions and policies for other post-secondary educators, both in and outside the field of education, who seek to challenge and reposition the current dialogue, practices, and outcomes in education at all levels. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Education Association. 1201 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-833-4000; Fax: 202-822-7974; Web site: http://www.nea.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10