What is Neocolonialism and Neoliberalism in the context of education?
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Neocolonialism you can think of as colonialism but exercising mostly economic power rather than military. A common example of this is the World Bank and other lenders attaching education requirements to loans. So it results in a country needing to take on education as defined by the World Bank (typically a Western model) and rather than guns being pointed at a country it’s economic pressure. Depending on where one draws the line this can also be less direct like if you want to be able to go to a US university or get a US job coming from another country, it is much easier if primary and secondary education resembles US education. So you get other countries adopting US educational policies, or for example AP testing, but it’s not direct coercion just economic incentives.
Neoliberalism is essentially capitalism and market ideals in every walk of life. In the US, a common example is charters or choice schools or high stakes testing where the idea behind it is that through competition and pressures of the market, schools will improve.
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