Seemingly technical teaching choices are politically and economically embedded
Evidence
One of the main problems with the technicist approach is its portrayal of teaching as a value-free, objective activity whose problems are solvable through the application of the rigorous procedures of scientific methods. Thus, choices of method, curriculum, language of instruction, and the timing and the location of classes might appear on the surface to be purely technical, but are in fact profoundly influenced by the political and economic context in which they take place (Youngman, 1990). — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 192
Categorization
- XREF: Reinforces the theme from A Mission to Civilize and Along the Archival Grain that ‘neutral’ expert techniques conceal political interests. — connects to: Teacher deskilling under management pedagogies weakens education as a democratic force — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 196; Scientific-technological ordering is inherently political — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 618; A technical academic fix was later read as a political normative claim — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 1172 (+5 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 192
Broader Connections
- Frame cultural-policy choices as technical rather than political serves dominant elites
#exemplifies(0.82) - Scientific-technological ordering is inherently political
#expands(0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 618 - A technical academic fix was later read as a political normative claim
#corroborates(0.78) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 1172 - Academic institutions structurally reward conventional teaching and punish engaged pedagogy
#exemplifies(0.75) — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress, 403 - Technical complexity in aid bureaucracy reproduces class-based power asymmetries.
#expands(0.74) — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 110 - Job polarization trends stem from political and institutional choices, not technological inevitability
#expands(0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 572