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Author Mitchell, Katharyne, author

Title Making workers : radical geographies of education / Katharyne Mitchell
Published London : Pluto Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages)
Series Radical geography
Radical geography.
Contents Spatial divisions of labor and the search for jobs -- Creating the entrepreneurial child -- From multicultural citizen to global businessman -- Geographies of lifelong learning and the knowledge economy / co-authored with Key MacFarlane -- Global restructuring and challenges to citizenship -- Market philanthropy in education -- The choice machine and the road to privatization / co-authored with Key MacFarlane -- Taking back our schools and cities -- Conclusion: Paying deep attention
Summary "As globalization transforms the organization of society, so too is its impact fell in the classroom. Katharyne Mitchell argues that schools are spaces in which neoliberal practices are brought to bear on the lives of children. Education's narratives, actors, and institutions play a pivotal role in the social and political formation of youth as workers in a capitalist economy. Mitchell looks at the formation of student identity and allegiance -- as well as spaces of resistance. She investigates the transition to educational narratives emphasizing flexibility and strategic global entrepreneurialism and examines the role of education in a broader political project of producing new generations of economically insecure but compliant workers. Scrutinizing the impact of an influx of new actors, practices, and policies, Mitchell argues that public education is the latest institution to embrace the neoliberal logic of "choice"--Pertaining to schools, faculty, and curricula -- that, if unchallenged, will lead to further incursions of the market, and increased socioeconomic inequality."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index
Notes Katharyne Mitchell is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author and editor of several books, including Practicising Public Scholarship (2008)
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Subject Education -- Social aspects
Education -- Political aspects.
Capitalism and education.
Education and globalization.
Educational sociology.
Educational psychology.
Neoliberalism.
Psychology, Educational
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Capitalism and education
Educational psychology
Educational sociology
Education and globalization
Education -- Political aspects
Education -- Social aspects
Neoliberalism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781786801326
1786801329
9781786801333
1786801337
9781786801340
1786801345
0745399851
9780745399850