Neoliberal Selfhood in Educational Psychology

• In Event: Neoliberalism and the Production of Subjects

Abstract

Certain educational psychology constructs that are prevalent in teacher education discourse and education policy are aligned with neoliberal ideology. For this presentation, I will discuss the ways grit, growth mindset, self-regulation, emotion regulation, learner difference, and creativity are entangled in neoliberalism and contribute to the constitution of neoliberal selfhood.

Author

• Stephen Vassallo, American University