Date of Award
2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education
Program
Education
Supervisor
Dr. Goli Rezai-Rashti
Second Advisor
Dr. Wayne Martino
Abstract
This research uses critical policy analysis to examine the experiences of three equity workers from one school board. Information was collected by interviewing and also conducting an examination of one school board’s equity policy. This thesis explored how these equity workers were able to remain equity focused in a neoliberal education context with limited resources and funding for equity initiatives. By resisting and appropriating the opportunities and demands created by the reforms, the equity workers were, to some extent, able to resist the pressure to be less equity and student focused. There were both commonalities and diversity among these equity workers’ experiences.
Recommended Citation
Vo, Vi, "THE NEOLIBERAL EDUCATION REFORM: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES OF EQUITY WORK IN ONTARIO" (2010). Digitized Theses. 4570.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4570