Neoliberalism and Education in an International Perspective: Chile as Perfect Scenario
In our modern society, governments, civil society and private sector are concerned about education as it is a key to build a successful community. This paper seeks to analyse, through one particular country, how the education system can change when neoliberalism is implemented as a framework in educ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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University of Sofia
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy |
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| Online Access: | http://bjsep.org/getfile.php?id=208 |
| Summary: | In our modern society, governments, civil society and private sector are concerned about education as it is a key to build a successful community. This paper seeks to analyse, through one particular country, how the education system can change when neoliberalism is implemented as a framework in educational terms. This paper focuses on Chile and its education system adopting an international comparative perspective, using empirical examples and cases within a Latin America scenario. Chilean education system has created a controversial, complex and unique relationship between neoliberalism and education. This relationship has configured a complex social context increasing the gap between rich and poor. At the same time, Chilean education system has reproduced social classes in discourse and practice trough of a dramatic social stratification. In this particular case, we confirm that neoliberalism has generated an education system that is highly segregated and selective. Improvisation has been utilised as a political strategy to reduce neoliberal impacts on education. |
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| ISSN: | 1313-1958 1313-9118 |