Stephanie Chitpin is Associate Professor of Leadership, Evaluation, Curriculum and Policy Studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada.
John P. Portelli is a Professor of Social Justice Education, and Educational Leadership and Policy at OISE, University of Toronto, Canada.
Contents
Series Editor Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Stephanie Chitpin and John P. Portelli
Part I Foundational Issues in Education
Chapter 2: A brief critical history of neoliberalism in education
John Baldacchino
Chapter 3: Revisiting critical reflective practice in neoliberal times
John Smyth
Chapter 4: Neoliberalism as a new form of colonialism in education
George J. Sefa Dei
Part II Impact of Neoliberal Education Policy
Chapter 5: Educational reform and exclusion in the age of neoliberalism
Antonia Darder
Chapter 6: Unpacking class and language disparities in neoliberal, colonized lands: Linguoelitism and its effects on disfranchised HaitiansPierre W. Orelus
Chapter 7: The impact of neoliberal assessment practices in Canada
Eric Dionne and Peter Milley
Chapter 8: Teacher professionalism in England: Teachers' work at the sharp end of neoliberal education reform
Alison Milner and Howard Stevenson
Part III Standardization and Marketization in Educational Policy
Chapter 9: Neoliberal education policy on racial and linguistic difference in Ontario Jeff Bale
Chapter 10: The futility of market-based reform in education: The case of the Iraqi Kurdistan Abdurrahman Wahab
Chapter 11: Alternative messages of hope: Pedagogies, consensus and a fairer go
Wayne Sawyer and Geoff Munns
About the Contributors
This volume explores how educational policy is changing as a result of neoliberal restructuring and how these issues affect educators' practice.