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Policies to combat educational inequalities in Turkey: from the precariousness of measures to the medicalization of school failure in the neoliberal era

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Implemented in the 1960s, The Equal Opportunities Policies in Education in Turkey have followed two different paths since the early 2000s under the influence of the intensification of neoliberal policies. On the one hand, the new public management in education provides the political domain with projects and partnerships that result in restricted and temporary arrangements that are deprived of regular evaluation for lack of available data. On the other hand, the recognition of dyslexia and hyperactivity as disabilities within the school contributes to the construction of school failure as a medico-psychological issue. Mobilizing an analysis of regulatory and official documents and a field survey carried out between 2018-2020 on the experiences of school stakeholders in the management of school failure, this communication aims to discuss the way in which educational inequalities are represented and supported by these policies. Based on a liberal conception of equality, project-based policies target specific individuals and aim to manage the social consequences of educational inequalities rather than prevent them. In the absence of permanent arrangements that would take into account the social dimension of school failure, the educational difficulties arising from sociocultural factors risk slipping into the field of special education. The image of an inefficient school built by these policies, which prove to be ineffective, reinforces the individualization and externalization of the definition and management of educational inequalities which in turn lead to the deresponsabilization of the political and educational fields.
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hal-03579681 , version 1 (18-02-2022)

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Metin Cevizci. Policies to combat educational inequalities in Turkey: from the precariousness of measures to the medicalization of school failure in the neoliberal era. 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Aug 2021, Barcelone, Spain. ⟨hal-03579681⟩
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