Discourse Analysis of the PISA 2018 Global Citizenship Framework

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Abstract

This paper examines the 2018 PISA Global Competencies Framework (GCF) by the OECD, focusing on how it regulates gender subjectivities and competencies. Using intersectional and decolonial theory, the analysis reveals biases in source selection and information filtering, promoting a heteronormative, cisnormative, and intercultural regime of knowledge. The GCF often minimizes historical and structural inequalities, favoring universal identities and neutralizing political action. By treating the GCF as a policy document, this study illustrates how data production shapes discourses about gender-based political agency, potentially influencing civic education policies for gender equality and calling for greater accountability in assessing identity-based competencies.

Author

• Nancy Vegas, Northwestern University