Laura Dull
Laura J. Dull was a social studies teacher in NYC public schools for 7 years before earning her PhD in International and Comparative education at New York University. Her publications have dealt with reform and education in Serbia and Ghana, and discussion and teaching global history in US schools. She welcomes feedback, questions, or comments on her work!
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of education. Teachers express their desire to “awaken” students by using progressive
pedagogies, while European Union and World Bank reformers appropriate progressive
education in the service of neoliberal goals. The research findings presented here indicate
that many teachers also seek to help students become what they call “complete humans,”
not solely to “develop human capital” (a neoliberal goal). Teachers’ perspectives suggest
the continuation of Slavic ideas of humanism and reflect a desire to maintain an identity
distinct from others while achieving the modernity of Western Europe.
of education. Teachers express their desire to “awaken” students by using progressive
pedagogies, while European Union and World Bank reformers appropriate progressive
education in the service of neoliberal goals. The research findings presented here indicate
that many teachers also seek to help students become what they call “complete humans,”
not solely to “develop human capital” (a neoliberal goal). Teachers’ perspectives suggest
the continuation of Slavic ideas of humanism and reflect a desire to maintain an identity
distinct from others while achieving the modernity of Western Europe.