Preparing Teachers for the Neoliberal Panopticon.

摘要: In this article we critically analyze how neoliberalism, as a political-economic discourse, uses surveillance to produce stratified student body for economic roles. Panoptic technologies regulate schools and teachers by perpetuating an "ethics of competition" that promote market mentality "educational choice" while propagating educational apartheid (Kozol, 2005). We use the current U.S.A. legislation, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), foil our argument illustrate some educators have fabricated spectacles in attempts resist performance pressure neoliberal surveillance. end discourse discussing pedagogical fabrications moments resistance conclude with ways teacher education might prepare respond more collectively inequities produced from reducing enterprise. Neoliberal Economics: Knowledge Stratification Cognitive Segregation Neoliberalism is theory de-emphasizes, or rejects, government regulation economy, focusing instead on achieving progress even "social justice" encouraging so-called free-market methods (i.e., few, if any regulations) business operations. asserts "divine-hand" best able determine optimal social policies, national global scale, may bring about needed change. This largely dictated dependent countries (those few financial resources seeking development) World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF) characterized privatization, austerity trade liberalization conditions approval investment, loans, debt relief. As Martinez Garcia (2006) noted, economics has, ... become widespread during last 25 years so. Although word rarely heard United States, you can clearly see effects neo-liberalism here rich grow richer poor poorer. Now, rapid globalization capitalist are seeing scale. (p. 1) relies values choice competition, rather than equity sustainability, accomplish its goals. Dependent countries, however, little whether they adopt austerity, free-trade policies demanded IMF when seek Conversely, affluent enormous latitude their decisions. Nevertheless, according theory, increasing stratification occurs face result "free" choices competition (Harvey, value, momentarily actuate higher standards, learning, better educators, but particular value oppressive dehumanizing game rigged. And, though democracy itself political other forms government, "harmful occur rules themselves unfair unjust. Invidious discrimination, principal ground injustice connected rules, would involve unequal treatment developing enforcing rules" (Rich & De Vitis, 1992, p. 12). Unfortunately, assumptions utilize support neoliberalism failed equality exacerbates order prey upon benefit those who been disenfranchised. particularly true students systematically segregated through anti-egalitarian sorting practices such eugenics (dis)ability (Baker, 2002) classism, racism Economic inequalities (Global domestic) supported knowledge stratification, which also be thought cognitive segregation. …