Babak Dadvand

Rethinking Care in Education

Performativity and Exclusion in the Era of Neoliberal Schooling

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines some of the most pressing challenges facing care, equity, and inclusion in education in the age of globalising neoliberal capitalism. Drawing on empirical data collected using a case study of a government secondary school in a low socio-economic status suburb in Melbourne, Australia, this book interrogates the impacts of dominant performative policies and practices on students who have more complex needs, or are from socio-economically marginalised backgrounds. It reviews these policies and practices, which are increasingly driven by the discourses of learning achievement and outcomes measured via high-stakes testing. This book examines how these developments have created (in)visible geographies of exclusion for marginalised students in mainstream schools. It uses notions of belonging, ethics of care and emotional labour as theoretical tools to provide critical analyses of the practices that differentiate and divide among students. This book's narrative approach is built around recounting 'deep stories' of the participants, their dilemmas and predicaments; it synthesises intimate narrative accounts with research-informed analysis and discussions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Singapore / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-981-96-0308-4
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9789819603084
• ISBN-10: 9819603080
• Artikelnr.: 71866012

Autorenporträt

Dr Babak Dadvand is a Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy, Professional Practice and Teacher Education at La Trobe University, Australia. His research and teaching are in the areas of equity, diversity, and social justice education, with a focus on the complex and often less visible forms of exclusion that socially marginalised young people face in schools. Dr Dadvand's research also examines the emotional and political dimensions of teaching for diversity, inclusion, and social justice, addressing the ways in which teachers can be supported in doing equity work in schools. Within this line of research, Dr Dadvand draws on critical theoretical perspectives, including notions of belonging, ethics of care and emotional labour, to identify the less visible and often under-acknowledged, requirements of teaching for social justice. 

Inhaltsangabe

Care and Exclusion in the Era of Neoliberalism.- Growing Inequalities and the Neoliberal Subjects.- The Great Education Divide.- The Transformation of Care in Performative Times.- Discipline and Perform: Schooling the Expectations.- Excellence and Equity in the Era of Performative Schooling.- An Alternative Approach to Care.- Rethinking Care in Education.