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Discourses of Teacher Quality: Neoliberalism, Public Choice and Governmentality

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In this article we take up the concept of ‘the orders of discourse’ from the Foucault philosophical archive to identify, open up and examine discourses of teacher quality. Our aim is to identity major strands of discourse in the discursive formation of ‘teacher quality’ and to problematize them in line with Foucault’s approach to problematization which functions as a critical philosophy of tracking and analysis of the characteristics of the genealogy and family of concepts.

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Peters, M.A., Green, B.J. (2021). Discourses of Teacher Quality: Neoliberalism, Public Choice and Governmentality. In: Zhu, X., Song, H. (eds) Envisioning Teaching and Learning of Teachers for Excellence and Equity in Education. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2802-3_10

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