Configuring governmentalized teachers through introspective panopticism inscribed within their subjectivities in the regime of performativity from the Foucauldian perspective

Tien-Hui Chiang*, Alison MacKenzie, Wenjing Zeng, Allen Thurston, Shuqiong Fu, Yiling Yao

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Abstract

This paper analyses how teachers contribute to a successful society through a lens of Foucauldian perspective. It uses this lens to analyse how teachers’ self-improvement through professional development in the regime of neoliberal governmentality is influenced by society, performativity and professional ‘norms’. Data is presented from 3,131 teachers, based in 55 high schools in Zhejiang province China and analysed using Structural Equational Modelling to explore the relationships between these variables. Findings indicated parental attitudes, concept of responsible subjects, and teaching quality rewards significantly influenced the subjectivity-performativity association. The subjectivity-performativity association significantly influenced teacher self-improvement, both directly, and in a relationship that was mediated by teaching efficiency. These correlations intimate that introspective panopticism enshrined within teachers’ subjectivities carries performativity.
Original languageEnglish
Article number102158
JournalInternational Journal of Educational Research
Volume118
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07 Mar 2023

Keywords

  • neoliberal governmentality
  • introspective panopticism
  • subjectivity
  • performativity
  • governmentalized teachder

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