Children of the market : performativity, neoliberal responsibilisation and the construction of student identities
Keddie, Amanda 2016, Children of the market : performativity, neoliberal responsibilisation and the construction of student identities, Oxford review of education, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 108-122, doi: 10.1080/03054985.2016.1142865.
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Children of the market : performativity, neoliberal responsibilisation and the construction of student identities
This paper draws on interview data gathered from a broader studyconcerned with examining issues of social justice, cultural diversityand schooling. The focus is on five students in Years 5 and 6 whoattend a primary school located on the edge of a class-privilegedarea in outer London. The children are all high achievers who are veryinvested in doing well in school and in life within the parametersof neoliberalism. The paper examines the ways in which neoliberaldiscourses of performativity and individual responsibilisationpermeate the children’s talk in relation to their understandings ofeducation and their future, and their worth and value as students.Such examination enriches the findings of important research in thisarea that draws attention to the ways in which neoliberal discourseshave become naturalised and taken-for-granted in what counts asbeing a good student and a good citizen. The paper problematisesthe individualism, competitiveness and anxiety produced by thesediscourses and provides further warrant for supporting students toidentify, challenge and think beyond them.
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