TY - JOUR
T1 - Deconstructing neoliberalism in global citizenship discourses
T2 - an analysis of Korean social studies textbooks
AU - Choi, Yoonjung
AU - Kim, Yeji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/8/7
Y1 - 2020/8/7
N2 - This study explored ways in which official social studies textbooks in South Korea promote global citizenship given the dominant neoliberal ideology in the field of education. Employing soft versus critical global citizenship education (GCE) and critical discourse analysis, this study analyzed 12 middle-school (seventh to ninth grades) social studies textbooks that are mandatory in Korean public schools. The findings of this study demonstrate the prevalence of a neoliberal agenda and nationalist rhetoric in the global citizenship discourses in the textbooks. We discussed the extent to which themes for GCE including globalization, cultural diversity, peace, sustainability, and associated skills and dispositions were instrumental in perpetuating neoliberal economic values and nationalism while marginalizing social justice and multiculturalism in official textbooks.
AB - This study explored ways in which official social studies textbooks in South Korea promote global citizenship given the dominant neoliberal ideology in the field of education. Employing soft versus critical global citizenship education (GCE) and critical discourse analysis, this study analyzed 12 middle-school (seventh to ninth grades) social studies textbooks that are mandatory in Korean public schools. The findings of this study demonstrate the prevalence of a neoliberal agenda and nationalist rhetoric in the global citizenship discourses in the textbooks. We discussed the extent to which themes for GCE including globalization, cultural diversity, peace, sustainability, and associated skills and dispositions were instrumental in perpetuating neoliberal economic values and nationalism while marginalizing social justice and multiculturalism in official textbooks.
KW - Critical discourse analysis
KW - global citizenship
KW - neoliberalism
KW - social studies curriculum
KW - textbook analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85052070152&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17508487.2018.1501718
DO - 10.1080/17508487.2018.1501718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052070152
SN - 1750-8487
VL - 61
SP - 464
EP - 479
JO - Critical Studies in Education
JF - Critical Studies in Education
IS - 4
ER -