Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Jordi Collet-Sabé, ‘I do not like what I am becoming but…’: transforming the identity of head teachers in Catalonia, Journal of Education Policy, Volume 32, 2017 – Issue 2. Pages 141-158 https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2016.1253873 Abstract The aim of this article is to elucidate how a new system of school and teacher assessment in Catalonia is transforming the …

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Silcock, M., Payne, D., Hocking, C. Governmentality within Children’s Technological Play: Findings from a Critical Discourse Analysis (2016) Children and Society, 30 (2), pp. 85-95. DOI: 10.1111/chso.12123 Abstract In many countries today, digital technology and instant communication are embedded in children’s everyday lives to the extent that their play frequently incorporates smartphones, the Internet and …

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Christopher Worthman & Beverly Troiano (2016): A good student subject: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of an adolescent writer negotiating subject positions, Critical Studies in Education Published online: 24 Oct 2016 DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1246372 ABSTRACT In this article, we draw on the work of Michel Foucault to analyze one student’s subject development in an expository writing classroom. …

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Terri Bourke, Mary Ryan, Margaret Lloyd, The discursive positioning of graduating teachers in accreditation of teacher education programs, Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 53, January 2016, pp. 1–9 Abstract This paper uses discourse analysis techniques associated with Foucauldian archaeology to examine a teacher education accreditation document from Australia to reveal how graduating teachers are constructed …

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Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency Editors: Seymour, Julie, Hackett, Abigail, Procter, Lisa (Eds.) Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 This book as the foreword states ‘takes up Foucault’s challenge to “examine the critical power of space and place in being and becoming of children’s lives’. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, architecture and …

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Aquino, J.G. Two premises and one general hypothesis for the analysis of the educational present (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-9. Article in Press. 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 …

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Frank Pignatelli , “Ethical Leadership Development as Care of the Self: A Foucauldian Perspective,” Schools 12, no. 2 (Fall 2015): 198-213. DOI: 10.1086/683214 This essay addresses the care of the self as an important aspect in the development of educational leaders. It draws upon Michel Foucault’s analysis of power and its relationship to his understanding …

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Silvio Gallo, The care of the self and biopolitics: Resistance and practices of freedom (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49(7), 691–701. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2016.1204735 Abstract This text through the direct use to Foucault’s work and using the concepts of ‘care of the self’ and biopolitics is questioning and analyzing resistance and practices of freedom. Mainly, from the …

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Christopher J. Cushion, Reflection and reflective practice discourses in coaching: a critical analysis (2016) Sport, Education and Society, 23(1), 82–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2016.1142961 Abstract Reflection and reflective practice is seen as an established part of coaching and coach education practice. It has become a ‘taken-for-granted’ part of coaching that is accepted enthusiastically and unquestioningly, and is assumed …

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Lewis, K. Social justice leadership and inclusion: a genealogy (2016) Journal of Educational Administration and History, 48 (4), pp. 324-341. DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2016.1210589 Abstract The purpose of this article is to engage in an historical analysis of research about two concepts: social justice leadership and leadership for inclusion. Recent experiences have caused me to wonder about …

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