ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I examine how the narrative space of educational reform discourse has been delineated not only by a narrow vision inspired by functionalist aims and conservative ideology but also a particular techno-utopianism. It is argued that the current incarnation of a “technological fix” approach to educational reform both reflects and exploits a constructed and unquestioning cultural belief in the power of information technologies. This discursive framework is anchored by a commonsense understanding that technology exists simply as a neutral or apolitical tool/artifact. In addition, this technocentric approach to educational reform also finds expression in policies that rationalize the educational process and that further the configuration of education’s purpose toward serving the ends of global corporate market ideology.
