'Stupid and Lazy' Youths? Meritocratic Discourse and Perceptions of Popular Stereotyping of VET Students in China

Autor/in	Wang, Geng
Titel	'Stupid and Lazy' Youths? Meritocratic Discourse and Perceptions of Popular Stereotyping of VET Students in China
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 43 (2022) 4, S.585-600 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Geng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2020.1868977
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Students; Vocational Education; Technical Education; Stereotypes; Bias; Ability; Social Systems; Intelligence; Governance; Public Opinion; Educational Change; Self Concept; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Technikunterricht; Klischee; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Social system; Soziales System; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Öffentliche Meinung; Bildungsreform; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	Since the start of the Reform Era in 1978, vocational education and training (VET) in China has been seen as inferior to academic routes and positioned at the bottom of the educational hierarchy. VET students are stereotyped as being 'stupid and lazy' and suffer considerable prejudice in Chinese society. Drawing on Foucault's disciplinary power and Ball's idea of performativity, this paper analyses how academically focused, exam-driven societal attitudes, as a form of meritocratic discourse, impact on these students and on how they perceive their stereotyped position within the Reform Era educational system. The findings reveal that these students have internalised the ideology of meritocracy, coming to see themselves as inferior and inadequate compared to their academic counterparts. Turning 'the gaze' upon themselves, they examine whether they 'add up' and assume responsibility for their own 'failures'. VET students are trained to be the new kind of youthful subject required to sustain the Reform Era China's engagement with neoliberal governance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01