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case of studying the interference between traditional post-socialist values
and the Western EU (neoliberal) model of education. In the concluding
article of this journal special issue, Petar Jandrić and Sarah Hayes exam-
ine how the student-as-consumer approach in the UK HE policy has re-
cently developed into a strong rhetoric emphasizing ‘the student experi-
ence’ as a package, including leisure, well-being, future employment and
other ‘extras’.
As the articles published in this journal special issue of Šolsko polje
testify, the neoliberal educational agenda best represented by an instru-
mental understanding of education, a zero-sum understanding of the rela-
tionship between freedom and equality, a distorted conception of fairness
and a reductionist way of using quantitative data in educational policy has
unequivocally influenced how educational problems are being tackled in
both theory and practice. There is therefore ample room for further ex-
amination of these [and other] issues associated with the neoliberalism in
education.
References
Bell, E. (2011) Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan
Block, D., Gray, J. & Holborow, M. (2012) Neoliberalism and Applied
Lingustics. London: Rougledge.
Bøyum, S. (2014) Fairness in Education – A Normative Analysis of OECD
Policy Documents. Journal of Education Policy, 29(6), pp. 856–870.
Brock, G. & Blake, M. (2015) Debating Brain Drain: May Governments
Restrict Emigration. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chun, C.W. (2016) Exploring Neoliberal Language, Discourses and
Identities. In: S. Preece [ed.], The Routledge Handbook of Language
and Identity, pp. 558–571. London: Routledge.
d’Agnese, V. (2017) Reclaiming Education in the Age of PISA. Challenging
OECD’s Educational Order. London, New York: Routledge.
Gazeley, L. (2018). Unpacking ‘disadvantage’ and ‘potential’ in the context
of fair access policies in England. Educational Review.
Giroux, H. (2014) Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education. Chicago:
Haymarket.
Glynos, J. (2014) Neoliberalism, markets, fantasy: The case of health and
social care. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 19(1), pp. 5–12.
Grek, S. (2009) Governing by Numbers: The PISA ‘Effect’ in Europe.
Journal of Education Policy, 24(1), pp. 23–37.
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case of studying the interference between traditional post-socialist values
and the Western EU (neoliberal) model of education. In the concluding
article of this journal special issue, Petar Jandrić and Sarah Hayes exam-
ine how the student-as-consumer approach in the UK HE policy has re-
cently developed into a strong rhetoric emphasizing ‘the student experi-
ence’ as a package, including leisure, well-being, future employment and
other ‘extras’.
As the articles published in this journal special issue of Šolsko polje
testify, the neoliberal educational agenda best represented by an instru-
mental understanding of education, a zero-sum understanding of the rela-
tionship between freedom and equality, a distorted conception of fairness
and a reductionist way of using quantitative data in educational policy has
unequivocally influenced how educational problems are being tackled in
both theory and practice. There is therefore ample room for further ex-
amination of these [and other] issues associated with the neoliberalism in
education.
References
Bell, E. (2011) Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan
Block, D., Gray, J. & Holborow, M. (2012) Neoliberalism and Applied
Lingustics. London: Rougledge.
Bøyum, S. (2014) Fairness in Education – A Normative Analysis of OECD
Policy Documents. Journal of Education Policy, 29(6), pp. 856–870.
Brock, G. & Blake, M. (2015) Debating Brain Drain: May Governments
Restrict Emigration. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chun, C.W. (2016) Exploring Neoliberal Language, Discourses and
Identities. In: S. Preece [ed.], The Routledge Handbook of Language
and Identity, pp. 558–571. London: Routledge.
d’Agnese, V. (2017) Reclaiming Education in the Age of PISA. Challenging
OECD’s Educational Order. London, New York: Routledge.
Gazeley, L. (2018). Unpacking ‘disadvantage’ and ‘potential’ in the context
of fair access policies in England. Educational Review.
Giroux, H. (2014) Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education. Chicago:
Haymarket.
Glynos, J. (2014) Neoliberalism, markets, fantasy: The case of health and
social care. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 19(1), pp. 5–12.
Grek, S. (2009) Governing by Numbers: The PISA ‘Effect’ in Europe.
Journal of Education Policy, 24(1), pp. 23–37.
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