Richard Niesche and Denise Mifsud, Thinking with Michel Foucault in Educational Leadership. Methodological and Conceptual Challenges, Bloomsbury, 2025. This book brings together key scholars using Foucault in educational leadership to provide an overview of his methodologies, concepts, and examples of applications. Written for both those new to and experienced with Foucault’s work, this book explores …
Denise Mifsud, Richard Niesche (2025). Exploring the Lived Experiences of Two Scholars Researching Social (In)Justice in Educational Leadership Across Maltese and Australian Contexts. In: Bogotch, I., Shields, C.M. (eds) Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Social (In)Justice. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56275-4_121-1 Abstract This chapter highlights aspects of researching educational leadership …
Murray, C., Butler, P., Ó Gallchóir, C., & Salokangas, M. (2025). Tensions that stultify education: school principals reflecting on their professional relationships. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2025.2524799 ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationships that principals identify as most significant to their leadership and how these shape their professional identities. Drawing on Foucault’s …
Khan, S. R., Kelly, P., & Brown, S. (2025). The status of women and the cultural politics of Pakistan Studies in postcolonial Pakistan. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2025.2515021 ABSTRACT This paper investigates how the rights, roles and status of women are presented in Pakistan Studies textbooks (PSTs) for grades 9 …
Thibaud, E. (2025). Reflections on techno-solutionism in education: Manifestations and causes. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2025.2528852 Abstract Techno-solutionism refers to the belief that many of society’s ills can and should be solved by technology. This paper explores the ways techno-solutionism manifests itself in the field of education: for the past few decades, each new …
Weili Zhao, Epistemological flashpoints in China’s ‘person-making’ education with reinvoked cultural discourses: lideshuren as an example, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 59, Issue 3-4, June-August 2025, Pages 568–585 https://doi.org/10.1093/jopedu/qhae081 Abstract As an imprint and reinvigoration of Confucian culture, China foregrounds its 21st-century state-run education as to make national(istic) citizens, reinvoking lideshuren (establishing personhood by …
Peter Shay, Grasshoppers and Goldfish: Literature, Subjectivation, and Ethical Democracy, Review of Education Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.71002/res.v5n3p10 Abstract As western society descends into a state of pervasive attention-deficit, a profound ethical crisis unfolds. The erosion of sustained concentration – exacerbated by the manipulative attention economies of digital technologies and the infiltration …
Bourke, T., Alford, J., Mavropoulou, S., & Catalano, G. (2025). Interpretations of inclusive education in Australian policy: what’s the problem represented to be? International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2025.2532634 ABSTRACT Policies encapsulate distilled values and have good intentions. However, how problems are represented and then interpreted and translated into practice is not always clear. …
Atkinson-Ross, C., & Wu, W. (2025). Inside the Chinese heterosexual matrix: lesbian and gay middle leaders’ experiences in Chinese schools. Gender and Education, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2025.2506356 ABSTRACT This paper employs feminist poststructuralist and queer theory to analyze the experiences of three gay and lesbian middle leaders in Chinese schools. Drawing on Butler’s heterosexual matrix, and Foucault’s …
Xenofontos, C. (2025). Mathematical heterotopias: lessons from other-ed spaces for the mainstream classroom. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2025.2508715 ABSTRACT Many mathematics classrooms worldwide often adhere to rigid, traditional practices that may serve some students effectively but risk disengaging others. In this paper, I draw on Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia to introduce the notion …
Foucault News 