"We're Kind of at a Pivotal Point": Opt Out's Vision for an Ethic of Care in a Post-Neoliberal Era

Autor/inn/en	Schroeder, Stephanie; Currin, Elizabeth; McCardle, Todd
Titel	"We're Kind of at a Pivotal Point": Opt Out's Vision for an Ethic of Care in a Post-Neoliberal Era
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 18 (2020) 1, S.138-158 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.1177/1478210318758813
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Caring; Females; Neoliberalism; Educational Policy; Educational Attitudes; Activism; Educational Change; Mother Attitudes; Parent Role; Moral Development; Standardized Tests; Privatization; Ethnography; Femininity; Social Media; Consciousness Raising; Elementary Secondary Education; High Stakes Tests; Organizations (Groups); Teacher Role; Teaching Skills; Role of Education; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Bildungsreform; Mutterliebe; Parental role; Elternrolle; Moralische Entwicklung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Ethnografie; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Soziale Medien; Bewusstseinsbildung; Lehrerrolle; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	This article explores the Opt Out Florida (OOF) movement, a predominantly woman-led group seeking to dismantle neoliberal education policy by coaching children to boycott high-stakes standardized tests. Guided by Campbell's assertion that neoliberalism will never disappear without a "gender revolution" and Noddings's belief that those who have claimed power in the "traditional masculine structure" of our educational institutions will not readily cede their authority, we assert that movements like Opt Out are not only necessary to bring about a post-neoliberal future, but offer important insight into the role activist mothers may play in fulfilling that vision for all children. As a noticeably maternal movement, Opt Out displays a commitment to Noddings's description of moral education and her assertion that "if an enterprise precludes…meeting the other in a caring relation, [one] must refuse to participate in that enterprise." Understanding standardized tests as instruments of control meant to defund and privatize public education, Opt Out members actively resist them. Their ethic of care eschews corporate influence, and guides both their mission to return control of the classroom to the local level and their rejection of the deskilling and intensification of the teaching profession. Drawing on critical ethnographic data from OOF, we ultimately argue that the movement's emphasis on the ideal moral and caring relations between school and child offers one example of what post-neoliberal education might look and sound like from a distinctly feminine perspective. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01