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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793972903321

Autore

Berkovich Izhak

Titolo

Digital protest and activism in public education : reactions to neoliberal restructuring in Israel / / Izhak Berkovich (The Open University of Israel, Israel), Amit Avigur-Eshel (Sapir College, Israel)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-83867-104-8

1-83867-102-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages)

Collana

Emerald points

Disciplina

322.44095694

Soggetti

Education and state - Israel

Internet and activism - Israel

Protest movements - Israel

Digital communications - Israel

Neoliberalism - Israel

Education - Educational Policy & Reform - General

Educational strategies & policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Out with the old, in with the new: three ages of Israeli public education policies -- Chapter 2. From education to all to education for me: changes in Israeli public values and interests -- Chapter 3. Rhetoric and images in online agenda setting: teachers' digital protest against educational reform -- Chapter 4. Two faces of digital activism: parents' anti-neoliberal and pro-neoliberal protests -- Chapter 5. Opening the black box of digital activism in education in the neoliberal age: lived experience and patterns of use of social media.

Sommario/riassunto

Digital protest and activism in reaction to the consequences of neoliberalism in public education have become a global phenomenon in the second decade of the 21st century, emerging in countries such as the US, UK, France, and Israel. Teachers, parents, and other stakeholders in education are increasingly using digital media in their



protest and activism efforts, yet these efforts have hardly been investigated to date. This book addresses this gap and employs an empirical exploration of the way in which Internet-based protest activity concerning public education issues is constructed, mobilised, and carried out. In doing so it provides key insights for the study of educational politics in the digital age. It shows how digital media is used by teachers and parents to create a bottom-up politics, spanning a common divide in the study of education politics between the macro (policymaking) and the micro (school) levels. The authors propose a novel taxonomy of uses of social media by digital activists, and argue that Internet-based social mobilisations develop different patterns of use of social media, based on the lived experience of their members and potential supporters. Finally, the book situates the rise of digital activism in education within the neoliberal restructuring of national education systems and the rise of neoliberal discourse of competition, budget discipline, and measurable achievements. The authors highlight three cases of Internet-based mobilisations in Israel, in which teachers and parents successfully affected public education policy. By providing a case-study driven analysis of digital protest and activism in education, this book will prove an invaluable text for researchers, leaders and practitioners in the field of education policy and comparative education.