Mandatory accreditation for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators: biopolitics, neoliberal managerialism and the Deleuzo–Guattarian ‘war machine’

Elizabeth J. Done; Mike Murphy; Helen Knowler

doi:10.1080/02680939.2014.905872

Mandatory accreditation for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators: biopolitics, neoliberal managerialism and the Deleuzo–Guattarian ‘war machine’

Elizabeth J. Done^*, Mike Murphy, Helen Knowler

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University of Bristol

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Abstract

Recent changes to policy directives now require newly appointed Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) in UK mainstream schools to be qualified teachers. Training and accreditation through a nationally approved postgraduate award is now mandatory. Concepts drawn from poststructuralist biopolitics and critiques of neoliberal educational managerialism are mobilized in an analysis of recent inclusion policy and award requirements. Resistance to the positioning of SENCOs and pupils within a political narrative of economic priority and productivity is conceptualized as a Deleuzo–Guattarian ‘war machine’. The implications of biopolitical orientations for practitioner research are explored with reference to teacher action research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-100
Journal	Journal of Education Policy
Volume	30
Issue number	1
Early online date	14 Apr 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2014.905872
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2015

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