Bulut Doğan, Transformation of Higher Education in Turkey: A Foucauldian Analysis, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Abstract This book examines the transformation of higher education in Turkey (Türkiye) after 1980 through Foucault’s historical method, discourse analysis and the concept of dispositif in the field of higher education research. Foucault’s method is seen as holistic and historical. Discourse analysis …
Xu, P., & Ritchie, J. Neoliberalism, citizenship, and young children: Exploring discursive constructions of citizenship in early childhood curricula in China and Aotearoa New Zealand. (2025) Global Studies of Childhood https://doi.org/10.1177/20436106241311639 Abstract As an entitlement to rights, well-being and equity, young children’s citizenship lays the foundation for a democratic, just and sustainable world. This article …
Naz, Z. ‘Tick boxes are just tick boxes’: Problematising evidence-based teaching and exploring the space of the possible through a complexity lens (2024) Policy Futures in Education, . DOI: 10.1177/14782103241240542 Abstract This article seeks to provide a new paradigm for questioning how quality and excellence in teaching practices are understood and evaluated. By combining ideas …
Michael-Luna, S.C., Castner, D.J. Rising Authoritarian Practice in Early Childhood Curriculum: A Case Study (2024) Cultural Studies – Critical Methodologies, . DOI: 10.1177/15327086241271898 Abstract Amid the ideological shift from democratic neoliberalism to authoritarian neoliberalism, spearheaded by right-wing Christian nationalists, early childhood educational policy has become a weapon in the “culture war” in many parts of …
Chiang, T.-H., Achaa, L.O., Ball, S.J. Activating self-monitoring through the discourse of fear and hope: The subjectivation of enterprising teachers (2024) International Journal of Educational Research, 125, art. no. 102324 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102324 Abstract Drawing upon Foucault’s governmentality, this study sets out to explore how enterprising subjects constituted through self-monitoring are fashioned in the epoch of …
Vertelyte, M., Li, J.H. Friendship pedagogies as technologies of power: deploying friendship to foster participation of racially minoritized students in Danish education (2024) Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2024.2317725 Abstract This article explores how friendship relations have been used in approaches to the participation of racially minoritized students in Danish schools from the 1970s …
Jordi Collet-Sabé & Stephen J. Ball, (2024). The School Is Irredeemable: Proposing Discomfort for a Different Future for Education. In: Beasy, K., Maguire, M., te Riele, K., Towers, E. (eds) Innovative School Reforms. Education, Equity, Economy, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64900-4_11 Abstract The chapter argues that the modern school is an ‘intolerable’ institution. Contrary to …
Cabrera, N.L., Batchelder, G.D., Oregon, Y.G., Zamora, E.J. CRToP: toward a critical race theory of power in higher education (2024) Race Ethnicity and Education, . DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2024.2306380 Abstract Critical Race Theory (CRT) is one of the most common forms of racial analysis in educational research, and it is largely responsible for introducing racial power into …
Resistance in Educational Leadership, Management, and Administration Edited By Amanda McKay, Pat Thomson, Jill Blackmore, Routledge, 2024 This edited volume brings together a range of perspectives on Educational Leadership, Management and Administration (ELMA) and various theories of resistance or compliance along with how policy and politics play out in school communities. The book makes a …
Bright, D., McKay, A., Firth, K. How to be reflexive: Foucault, ethics and writing qualitative research as a technology of the self (2023) International Journal of Research and Method in Education DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2290185 Abstract This paper explores reflexivity in qualitative research, challenging conventional perspectives that revolve around the binary of ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ positioning. While …
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