Instructing the Neoliberal Student on the Conduct of School: A Case Study of a Schoolwide Positive Behavior System in Kindergarten

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  • Author(s): Brown, Christopher P. (ORCID Brown, Christopher P. (ORCID 0000-0002-0076-9683); Englehardt, Joanna; Ku, Da Hei
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Journal of Early Childhood Research. Mar 2023 21(1):91-105.
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Kindergarten
      Primary Education
      Preschool Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Positive Behavior Supports; Intervention; Neoliberalism; Kindergarten; School Personnel; Politics of Education; At Risk Students; Discipline; Program Effectiveness; Student Behavior; Preschool Teachers; Principals; Preschool Children; Self Control
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/1476718X221140758
    • ISSN:
      1476-718X
      1741-2927
    • Abstract:
      Schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports continue to be employed in elementary school settings that children attend across the globe. Such neoliberal systems of conduct teach children how to portray themselves as students so that they are ready to succeed in school and the larger society. For the most part, these systems are framed as successful behavior interventions. As a result, how such programs impact school personnel and students' own conceptions of what it means to be a student is rarely troubled. Thus, through examining a case study of schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports in a kindergarten classroom in the United States, we investigated this issue. Specifically, we employed Foucault's conceptions of neoliberalism and biopolitics to examine how a sample of school personnel and kindergarteners made sense of their schoolwide positive behavior system. Doing so provided us with the opportunity to rethink and challenge these neoliberal systems of control.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1366751