Thoma, M. Critical analysis of textbooks: knowledge-generating logics and the emerging image of ‘global economic contexts’ (2017) Critical Studies in Education, 58 (1), pp. 19-35. DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2015.1111248 Abstract This paper presents an approach to the critical analysis of textbook knowledge, which, working from a discourse theory perspective (based on the work of Foucault), refers to …
Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. The politics of pleasure: an ethnographic examination exploring the dominance of the multi-activity sport-based physical education model (2017) Sport, Education and Society, 22 (2), pp. 194-213. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1019448 Abstract Kirk warns that physical education (PE) exists in a precarious situation as the dominance of the multi-activity sport-techniques model, and its associated …
Dowd, J. Moments that matter: Educational entanglements and ecologies of action (2017) Review of Communication, 17 (1), pp. 3-17. DOI: 10.1080/15358593.2016.1260761 Abstract In this article, I argue that “the freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves” is intimately entangled with processes of education. To understand this relationship, we need to articulate more fully …
Amsler, M., Shore, C. Responsibilisation and leadership in the neoliberal university: a New Zealand perspective (2017) Discourse, 38 (1), pp. 123-137. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1104857 Abstract We examine how discourses of leadership and responsibilisation are used in contemporary universities to deepen neoliberal administration and further the corporate university’s business plan by restructuring and redescribing academic work. Strategically, …
Barker, D. Ninjas, zombies and nervous wrecks? Academics in the neoliberal world of physical education and sport pedagogy (2017) Sport, Education and Society, 22 (1), pp. 87-104. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1195360 Abstract Scholars have drawn some damning conclusions on the current state of the academy. They argue that neoliberal developments such as corporatization and privatization are undermining …
Khodadadi, M., O’Donnell, H. UK press and tourist discourses of Iran: a study in multiple realities (2017) Leisure Studies, 36 (1), pp. 53-64. DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2015.1085591 Abstract The aim of this article is to investigate the competing discourses of Iran currently circulating in British society, and their influence on the tourist destination image of that country. …
Bojesen, E. I/MLEs and the uneven return of pastoral power (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-8. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1267604 Editor: I/MLE stands for Innovative/Modern Learning Environments Abstract Informed by the work of the work of Michel Foucault, Ian Hunter, and Ansgar Allen, this paper argues that I/MLEs are not the creation of …
Teaching English or producing docility? Foucauldian analysis of Pakistani state-mandated English textbooks Liaquat Ali Channa, Daniel Gilhooly, Abdul Razaque Channa, Syed Abdul Manan, and John Schwieter Cogent Education Vol. 4 , Iss. 1,2017 Abstract The scholarship of language education, particularly with reference to learning and use of English, is marked by varieties of English. One …
Theisens, H., Hooge, E., Waslander, S. Steering Dynamics in Complex Education Systems. An Agenda for Empirical Research (2016) European Journal of Education, 51 (4), pp. 463-477. DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12187 Abstract Many policy systems and education systems have grown more complex in the last three decades. Power has moved away from central governments in different directions: upwards …
Waslander, S., Hooge, E., Drewes, T. Steering Dynamics in the Dutch Education System (2016) European Journal of Education, 51 (4), pp. 478-494. DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12188 Abstract Based on detailed empirical analyses, we paint a layered picture of emerging steering dynamics. Inspired by Foucault, we put the focus on roles stakeholders define both for themselves and others, …
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