Revitalizing the Field of Educational Foundations and P–20 Educators' Commitment to Social Justice and Issues of Equity in an Age of Neoliberalism

• In Event: 26.061 - Disrupting Liberal Rhetroic in a Neoliberal World

Abstract

In this paper, we situate the imminent extinction of Educational Foundations within larger macro contexts, including the corporate control of knowledge production, the marginalization of critical academics who challenge the status quos, and the global (U.S. in particular) economic recession. In an effort to fight neoliberalism’s stranglehold on PK-20 education, we provide guideposts for other like-minded critical educators. Specifically, these guideposts speak to why Educational Foundations are (despite their maltreatment and marginalization) an integral part to PK-12 teacher preparation and provide a call to action requiring Educational Foundations faculty to inform those who still do not know that schools serve to reinforce the existing power, political, race, and economic relations.

Authors

• Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, Metropolitan State University

• Bradley J. Porfilio, Seattle University