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Resisting and disrupting neoliberal subjectivity in self-directed education: What can we learn from Black homeschoolers
From the in-group stance of a former homeschool parent, this study problematizes neoliberal entanglement in self-directed education while highlighting and examining neoliberal-resistant practices within Black homeschooling.
Renee Tougas author
Tougas, R. (2024). Resisting and disrupting neoliberal subjectivity in self-directed education: What can we learn from Black homeschoolers. On The Horizon: The International Journal of Learning Futures, 32(2/3), 66–81.
Description
This paper identifies SDE’s vulnerability to neoliberal subjectivity despite the neoliberal oppositional ethos of many of its practices and its antiestablishment historical context and rhetoric. It analyzes conceptions of self, autonomy and freedom (the ideas that underwrite self-direction) that can inform a critical self-directed learning (SDL) approach. It explores contemporary Black homeschooling and SDE practices for evidence of these conceptions, arguing that this demographic, at the margin of the discursive homeschooling community, instantiates an authentic resistance and disruption to neoliberal subjectivity in SDE.
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