The meritocracy trap. Early childhood education policies promote individual achievement far more than social cohesion. - Deutscher Bildungsserver

Bobrowicz, Katarzyna; Gracia, Pablo; Teuber, Ziwen; Greiff, Samuel

The meritocracy trap. Early childhood education policies promote individual achievement far more than social cohesion.

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Governments worldwide have reformed early childhood education (ECE) to equip young people with competitive skills for an increasingly specialized workforce. These reforms have coincided with a widespread acceptance of meritocratic beliefs holding that talent and effort, rather than uncontrollable factors (e.g., luck, social context), determine individuals’ lifetime success and achievement. This study examines whether recent ECE reforms may have promoted an economic meritocratic mindset that favors skills linked to individual competition for future achievement. Data came from a total of 92 documents published between 1999 and 2023, including ECE advisory reports from international organizations and government-endorsed ECE curricula from 53 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. (DIPF/Orig.).