Neoliberalism and Education: a reformational-pedagogical perspective (Part 2)

Abstract

This is the second part of an article that forms a link in a series of studies and publications from the pens (computers) of reformational educationists regarding the so-called -isms deemed to be threats to the Christian (Biblical) orientation to education (including teaching and learning). In the first part, an overview was given of how reformational educationists have so far attended to the various "-isms" that they perceived as threats or challenges to Christian education. This was followed by an attempt to define the concept "neoliberalism" and to indicate what it means in general and, in particular, for education. The first part of the article has paved the way for what follows here: a critical analysis of neoliberalism as a recognisable "philosophy of education" and of its transcendental preconditions.