Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading  Processing Request

Terms of Endurance: Resilience, Grit and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberal Education

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Author(s): Graham B. Slater
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Critical Education. 2022 13(1):1-16.
  • Publication Date:
    2022
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Descriptive
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Institute for Critical Education Studies. 2125 Main Mall, EDCP, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada. Tel: 604-822-2830; Web site: https://ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      16
    • Subject Terms:
      Neoliberalism; Resilience (Psychology); Disadvantaged Youth; Politics of Education; Equal Education; Persistence
    • ISSN:
      1920-4175
    • Abstract:
      This paper critiques the role of resilience and grit in neoliberal education. Both concepts have become popular within research, policy, practice, and public discourse about education. Proponents claim that the concepts affirm and support the ability of marginalized youth to succeed in schools and society. However, resilience and grit minimize the impact of structural inequality and social domination on oppressed youth in schools, obscuring the necessity of collective struggle in order to achieve educational liberation. Resilience and grit function as what the author calls the "terms of endurance" in neoliberal education because they individualize and depoliticize educational problems and practice. Against the affirmation of durative language in the cultural politics of education, the author calls for critical educators to insist instead on a transformative approach.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2025
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1470075