Education Policy, Neoliberalism, and Leadership Practice

Education Policy, Neoliberalism, and Leadership Practice is a foundational book describing all aspects of neoliberalism and its broad scale impact in education.

Autorentext

Karen Starr is Professor and Inaugural Chair of School Development and Leadership at Deakin University, Australia.

Klappentext

Education Policy, Neoliberalism, and Leadership Practice is a foundational book describing all aspects of neoliberalism and its broad scale impact in education. Drawing on research and canvassing policy developments across a range of contexts, this book critically analyzes neoliberal education policies, the practices and outcomes they spawn, and the purposes they serve. It interrogates how education leaders perceive and interpret neoliberal influences and the dilemmas and opportunities they create, while unpacking questions of why neoliberalism is the basis for educational policy, how neoliberalism impacts on education, and what this means for the future.

Inhalt

Series Introduction

Acknowledgements Part 1: A rising tide lifts all boats

Chapter 1 Introduction: The misguided impatience of education policy Chapter 2 Globalization, the free market and neoliberalism Chapter 3 Individualism Chapter 4 Privatization Chapter 5 Choice Chapter 6 Competition Chapter 7 Improvement, innovation and entrepreneurialism Chapter 8 Efficiency Chapter 9 Productivity Chapter 10 Performativity Chapter 11 Accountability Part 2: An ebbing tide?

Chapter 12 Education is off course Chapter 13 What happened to equity? Chapter 14 The rise of anti-educationalism and bad faith: A changing social psyche Chapter 15 Education leadership in neoliberal times Concluding remarks Exposing education's 'dirty little secret': The Emperor has no clothes