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Resistant curiosity: an ethical praxis of transforming neoliberal self and becoming an early childhood educator otherwise
Ethics and education, Vol.First online, pp.1-13
23/06/2025
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Abstract
In line with scholarly critiques on the pervasive impacts of neoliberalism in early childhood education and care (ECEC), this article examines how neoliberal regimes of truth utilise a distinct form of curiosity (i.e. ‘institutionalised curiosity’) to produce subjects and subjectivities aligned with widespread neoliberal narratives of education. It opens a dialogue about the political potential of ‘resistant curiosity’ as an ethical praxis of existence, cultivating ECEC educators’ capacity to critically engage with the local ‘struggles,’ resist disciplinary powers, and initiate self-transformation.
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- Title
- Resistant curiosity: an ethical praxis of transforming neoliberal self and becoming an early childhood educator otherwise
- Creators
- Olivera Kamenarac - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Ethics and education, Vol.First online, pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991013291354102368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article