Neoliberal Selfhood
Psychological constructs - such as emotion regulation, creativity, grit, growth mindset, lifelong learning, and whole child - are appealing as pedagogical aspirations and outcomes. Researchers, policy-makers, and educators are likely to endorse and accept these constructs as ways to make sense of students and inform pedagogical decision-making. Few critically interrogate these constructs, as they are associated with students' academic achievement, psychological well-being, civic virtue, and career readiness. However, this book shows how these constructs become entangled in a neoliberal vision of selfhood, which is tied to market prescriptions and is thus associated with problematic ethical, psychological, moral, and economic consequences. The chapters draw attention to the ideological underpinnings in order to facilitate conversations about selfhood in schooling policy and practices.
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Neoliberal Selfhood
Psychological constructs - such as emotion regulation, creativity, grit, growth mindset, lifelong learning, and whole child - are appealing as pedagogical aspirations and outcomes. Researchers, policy-makers, and educators are likely to endorse and accept these constructs as ways to make sense of students and inform pedagogical decision-making. Few critically interrogate these constructs, as they are associated with students' academic achievement, psychological well-being, civic virtue, and career readiness. However, this book shows how these constructs become entangled in a neoliberal vision of selfhood, which is tied to market prescriptions and is thus associated with problematic ethical, psychological, moral, and economic consequences. The chapters draw attention to the ideological underpinnings in order to facilitate conversations about selfhood in schooling policy and practices.
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Neoliberal Selfhood

Neoliberal Selfhood

by Stephen Vassallo
Neoliberal Selfhood

Neoliberal Selfhood

by Stephen Vassallo

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Overview

Psychological constructs - such as emotion regulation, creativity, grit, growth mindset, lifelong learning, and whole child - are appealing as pedagogical aspirations and outcomes. Researchers, policy-makers, and educators are likely to endorse and accept these constructs as ways to make sense of students and inform pedagogical decision-making. Few critically interrogate these constructs, as they are associated with students' academic achievement, psychological well-being, civic virtue, and career readiness. However, this book shows how these constructs become entangled in a neoliberal vision of selfhood, which is tied to market prescriptions and is thus associated with problematic ethical, psychological, moral, and economic consequences. The chapters draw attention to the ideological underpinnings in order to facilitate conversations about selfhood in schooling policy and practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108708456
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/27/2023
Pages: 188
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Stephen Vassallo is Associate Professor in the School of Education at American University, USA. His previous books have won the Book of the Year award for the series titled Critical Pedagogy, Critical Constructivism, and Educational Psychology and the Critics' Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Formation of Selfhood; 2. Growth Mindset: Normalization of Perpetual Improvement; 3. Grit: The Technical Management of Passion; 4. Emotion Regulation: Strategic Self-Management; 5. Lifelong Learning: Sentencing Learners to Life; 6. Creativity: An Organizing Value; 7. Whole Child: Leave No Part Behind; 8. Conclusion.
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