OECD’S DOMINANT DISCOURSES OF THE LOW-PERFORMER AND THE PRODUCTION OF SUBJECTS

Authors

  • Melissa Andrade Molina No current affiliation. Recently graduated from Aalborg University.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v26i2.11731

Keywords:

Low-performer, Risk factors, OECD, Threat, Economic growth, Nonsense.

Abstract

This article aims at troubling the dominant discourses around OECD’s portrayal of the low-performer. It deconstructs and maps the taken-for-granted truths that are built under the assumption that an accumulation of risk factors on students would pose a threat to the economic growth of a country. From this reading, the low-performer is taken as a child in need of salvation full of disadvantages that should be overcome. By building on a Deleuzian nonsense, the analysis plays with other types of correlations to conclude that the low-performer is a fabrication for the production of the underachiever.

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Published

2018-05-02

How to Cite

Andrade Molina, M. (2018). OECD’S DOMINANT DISCOURSES OF THE LOW-PERFORMER AND THE PRODUCTION OF SUBJECTS. Reflexão E Ação, 26(2), 09-26. https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v26i2.11731

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2018): Dossiê: Educação, Cultura e Produção de Sujeitos

Section

Dossiê Temático: Educação, Cultura e Produção de Sujeitos

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