Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times

Stephanie Chitpin is Associate Professor of Leadership, Evaluation, Curriculum and Policy Studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada.John P. Portelli is a Professor of Social Justice Education, and Educational Leadership and Policy at OISE, University of Toronto, Canada.

• ContentsSeries Editor IntroductionChapter 1: Introduction Stephanie Chitpin and John P. PortelliPart I Foundational Issues in Education Chapter 2: A brief critical history of neoliberalism in education John BaldacchinoChapter 3: Revisiting critical reflective practice in neoliberal timesJohn Smyth Chapter 4: Neoliberalism as a new form of colonialism in educationGeorge J. Sefa DeiPart II Impact of Neoliberal Education PolicyChapter 5: Educational reform and exclusion in the age of neoliberalism Antonia Darder Chapter 6: Unpacking class and language disparities in neoliberal, colonized lands: Linguoelitism and its effects on disfranchised HaitiansPierre W. OrelusChapter 7: The impact of neoliberal assessment practices in CanadaEric Dionne and Peter Milley Chapter 8: Teacher professionalism in England: Teachers' work at the sharp end of neoliberal education reform Alison Milner and Howard StevensonPart III Standardization and Marketization in Educational PolicyChapter 9: Neoliberal education policy on racial and linguistic difference in Ontario Jeff BaleChapter 10: The futility of market-based reform in education: The case of the Iraqi Kurdistan Abdurrahman WahabChapter 11: Alternative messages of hope: Pedagogies, consensus and a fairer goWayne Sawyer and Geoff MunnsAbout the Contributors