Bazzul, J. The ‘subject of ethics’ and educational research OR Ethics or politics? Yes please! (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-11. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1270184 Abstract This paper outlines a theoretical context for research into ‘the subject of ethics’ in terms of how students come to see themselves as self-reflective actors. I maintain …
Chang-Kredl, S., Wilkie, G. What is it like to be a child? Childhood subjectivity and teacher memories as heterotopia (2016) Curriculum Inquiry, 46 (3), pp. 308-320. DOI: 10.1080/03626784.2016.1168262 Abstract Foucault’s notion of heterotopia offers a novel way to understand teachers’ conceptualizations of childhood, in juxtaposing adult memories of childhood with their present context of teaching …
Hull, G. Equitable relief as a relay between juridical and biopower: the case of school desegregation (2016) Continental Philosophy Review, pp. 1-24. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s11007-016-9372-6 Abstract The present paper looks at the intersection of juridical and biopower in the U.S. Supreme Court’s school desegregation cases. These cases generally deploy “equitable relief” as a …
Fejes, A. The confessing academic and living the present otherwise: Appraisal interviews and logbooks in academia (2016) European Educational Research Journal, 15 (4), pp. 395-409. DOI: 10.1177/1474904116636637 Abstract In this paper, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, I argue that academics are enmeshed in power relations in which confession operates, both on and through …
Quartermaine, A. The disposition of concern: an exploration into the affects of the power-knowledge dynamics uncovered during research into pupils’ perceptions of terrorism (2016) International Journal of Research and Method in Education, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2016.1186631 Abstract In recent years, counter-terrorism measures have become incorporated into the UK education system, with the …
Fredrik Sandberg, Andreas Fejes, Magnus Dahlstedt, Maria Olson Adult Education as a Heterotopia of Deviation: A Dwelling for the Abnormal Citizen (2016) Adult Education Quarterly, 66 (2), pp. 103-119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741713615618447 Abstract We argue that municipal adult education (MAE) can be seen as a place for displaced and abnormal citizens to gain temporary stability, enabling their …
Brown, C. ‘Favourite places in school’ for lower-set ‘ability’ pupils: school groupings practices and children’s spatial orientations (2016) Children’s Geographies, pp. 1-14. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2016.1269154 Abstract This paper contributes to the recent turn within Children’s Geographies concerned with understanding and illuminating educational inequalities. The focus is upon pupils assigned to lower ‘ability’ groupings, …
De Schauwer, E., Van de Putte, I., Blockmans, I.G.E., Davies, B. The intra-active production of normativity and difference (2016) Gender and Education, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2016.1259463 Abstract Drawing on memory stories told in a collective biography workshop about children’s encounters with schooling, this paper experiments with re-imagining the child-student-subject as an ‘emergent …
Raaper, R. Tracing assessment policy discourses in neoliberalised higher education settings (2016) Journal of Education Policy, pp. 1-18. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2016.1257160 Abstract This article explores assessment policy in two European universities with different political, historical and social backgrounds: the University of Glasgow and Tallinn University. The University of Glasgow is a well-established Russell …
Saari, A. Knowledge Without Contexts? A Foucauldian Analysis of E.L. Thorndike’s Positivist Educational Research (2016) Studies in Philosophy and Education, 35 (6), pp. 589-603. DOI: 10.1007/s11217-016-9527-2 Abstract The article discusses the allegedly decontextualized and ahistorical traits in positivist educational research and curriculum by examining its emergence in early twentieth-century empirical education. Edward Lee Thorndike’s educational …
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