Academic responsibility

Toward a Cultural Politics of Integrity

Bibliographic Data

ID2929548
AuthorsWilliam G Tierney (University of Southern California, corresponding author), Daniel J Almeida (University of Southern California), Daniel Almeida (0000-0003-4679-7185, University of Southern California)
Year2017
Volume38
Issue1
Pages97-108
Publication date2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2015.1104855
OpenAlexW2499748074
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited29

The authors consider how globalisation has fundamentally reshaped education. The assumption that in a knowledge economy workers need to be better educated has led to the belief that education is a private good. What the authors define as ‘responsibilisation’ frames a radically different vision of public life from that of the past. The pressures of globalisation, privatisation, and changes in communications technology have led to educational reforms consistent with the neoliberal suggestion that all individuals can succeed; if they do not, then it is their failure rather than that of the state. The authors suggest that ideas such as ‘grit’ and a culture of assessment are by-products of globalisation and responsibilisation, and argue that the educator's role is to engage in an analysis of the overall cultural politics that defines the era and proffer ways for social engagement aimed at the elimination of injustice and the promotion of democracy

Academic integrity · Cultural politics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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