NEOLIBERALISM, GLOBALIZATION AGENDAS AND BANKING EDUCATIONAL POLICY: IS POPULAR EDUCATION AN ANSWER? D R . C A R L O S A L B E R T O T O R R E S D I S T I N G U I S H E D P R O F E S S O R O F E D U C A T I O N . U C L A P A P E R P R E P A R E D F O R A K E Y N O T E A T T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A R E S E A R C H W E E K , M A Y 1 2 , 2 0 1 5 .
NEOLIBERALISM • Wha hat i is i it? • Im Impli lications ns f for E Education n • Highe her e education: Glo n: Global U l Uni niversities 1. Global Learning 2. Global Research 3. Global Reputation Building 4. Global Services 5. Global Engagement
COSMOPOLITAN AND LOCAL AGENDAS: HYPER-GLOBALIZERS, SKEPTICS AND TRANSFORMATIONISTS • Cosmo mopoli litans ns a and nd L Locals ls ( (Provinc ncials ls) • Sk Skept ptic ics s • Trans nsforma mationi nists: : § Social Democrats § Market Liberals § Authoritarian Libertarians § New Democrats
TECHNOCRATIC RATIONALITY • Adult lt e education r n research ( h (1980s) s six r rationa nale les f for poli licy ma y maki king ng • The herapeutical mo model l • Forced mo moderni nization mo n model l • Recruitme ment nt mo model l • Similar characteristics: Technocratic thinking • Depolitization
BANKING EDUCATION • Powerful M l Metapho hor • Autho horitariani nism m • Freire’s ’s M Model l • Publi lic P Popula lar S Scho hooli ling ng ( (Escola la ci cidadã dadã) )
WHY GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP? An Int n Intervent ntion i n in S n Search o h of a a T The heory y • Global citizenship is a form of intervention in searching for a theory and an agency of implementation because the world is becoming increasingly interdependent and diverse, and its borders more porous. There is deterritorializing of citizenship practices and identities, and of discourses and loyalty and allegiance
GLOBAL COMMONS • Global citizenship as marked by an understanding of global ties, relations and connections, and a commitment to the collective good. • Glo Global C l Citizens nshi hip • Glo Global C l Commo mmons ns • Commo mmon Go n Good
WHAT IS GLOBAL COMMONS? Glo Global C l Commo mmons ns i is d define ned b by t y thr hree b basic p propositions ns: : 1. The first is that our planet is our only home and we have to protect it through a global citizenship sustainable development education, moving from diagnosis and denunciation into action and policy implementation.
WHAT IS GLOBAL COMMONS? 2. Secondly, global commons is predicated on the idea that global peace is an intangible cultural good of humanity with immaterial value. Global peace is a treasure of humanity.
WHAT IS GLOBAL COMMONS? 3. Thirdly, global commons is predicated on the need to find ways that people who are all equal manage to live together democratically in an ever growing diverse world, seeking to fulfill their individual and cultural interest and achieving their inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
ARE CRITICAL THEORY AND POPULAR EDUCATION AN ANSWER? • Lessons from Critical Theory • Lessons from Popular Education • Lessons from Popular Culture`
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