Aquino, J.G. Two premises and one general hypothesis for the analysis of the educational present (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 672-680. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204733 Abstract Contemporary research in the field of Foucauldian studies on education have pointed to a growing imbrication between educational practises and neoliberal ideas. The problematization of such scenario would …
Jiménez, M.A., Valle, A.M. Pedagogy and the care of the self: A reading from Foucault (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 702-709. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204736 Abstract This text reflects about the need to consider an additional institutional alternative that matters, not only to the ones that advocate for pedagogy, but also to all of …
Special Issue: Echoes of Foucault in Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory , 7, vol 49, 2017
Romito, M. Governing through guidance: an analysis of educational guidance practices in an Italian lower secondary school (2017) Discourse, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2017.1314251 Abstract Current social policy discourse defines educational and career guidance as a key tool to enhance individual self-realisation while pursuing collective social objectives (economic growth, reduction of drop-out rate, …
Farrell, F. , Duckworth, V., Reece, M., Rigby, P. The moral frontiers of English education policy: governmentality and ethics within an alternative provision free school Educational Review Volume 69, Issue 3, 27 May 2017, Pages 349-365 Abstract This article is a critical poststructuralist analysis of Conservative led free school policy in England focusing on claims …
Reveley, J. (2015). Foucauldian critique of positive education and related self-technologies: Some problems and new directions. Open Review of Educational Research, 2(1), 78-93. DOI: 10.1080/23265507.2014.996768 Abstract By focusing on positive education, this article draws out the educational implications of Binkley’s Foucauldian critique of neoliberal subjects being pressured to learn how to manage their emotions. From …
Fhulufhuwani Hastings Nekhwevha, Freire contra Foucault on Power/Knowledge and Truth Discourses. The Constitution of a Subject for Authentic Educational Praxis in South Africa, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012 This is a partly theoretical and partly historical study whose ‘focus-down’ approach has as a main objective a detailed comparative dissection of Freire and Foucault’s conceptions of …
Lotier, Kristopher M. “On Not Following Freire Foucault and the Critique of Human Capital.” Pedagogy 17, no. 2 (2017): 151-175. Abstract: Rather than ignoring or criticizing students’ vocational concerns, critical pedagogy can work on, in, and through them, thereby gaining persuasive credibility and simultaneously extending Paulo Freire’s educational project. Following Freire’s command to “rediscover power,” …
Lloro-Bidart, T., Semenko, K. Toward a feminist ethic of self-care for environmental educators (2017) Journal of Environmental Education, 48 (1), pp. 18-25. DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2016.1249324 Abstract Feminist theory and philosophy have examined how dominant ideologies oppress women, nonhuman animals, and the environment. Feminist scholars also have begun to discuss how neoliberalism problematically re-inscribes women as the …
Asimaki, A., Koustourakis, G., Vergidis, D. Regulative discourses of primary schooling in Greece: memories of punishment (2016) International Studies in Sociology of Education, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2016.1191367 Abstract The mechanisms of discipline and power within the institution of the school constitute, in part, the relationship between society and childhood. This article traces …
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