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Sonu, Debbie; Benson, Jeremy – Curriculum Inquiry, 2016
This paper argues that normative conceptions of the child, as a natural quasi-human being in need of guidance, enable current school reforms in the United States to directly link the child to neoliberal aims and objectives. In using Foucault's concept of governmentality and disciplinary power, we first present how the child is constructed as a…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Socialization, Educational Policy