Teaching the 2008 Presidential Election at Three Demographically Diverse Schools
An Exercise in Neoliberal Governmentality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8924243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne Journell (0000-0002-5480-8334, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-159 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131946.2011.554590 |
| OpenAlex | W2000236466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article describes the disparity in political instruction found in six government classes from three demographically diverse high schools during the 2008 Presidential Election. In general, students from working-class households or those in lower-level classes were rarely given opportunities to discuss politics at a national level or engage in analytical discussions of the election; students in middle-to-upper-class schools and those in advanced-level classes were privy to rich discussions of politics on a regular basis. Using Foucault's (1991) notion of governmentality as a guide, these findings are then discussed as symptomatic of a neoliberal approach to education in which students are trained for the presumed roles they will play in the nation's political economy as adults
Class (philosophy · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Governmentality · Middle class · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Social science · Sociology · Working class · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |