Spohrer, K. Negotiating and contesting ‘success’: discourses of aspiration in a UK secondary school (2015) Discourse, 15 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1044423 Abstract The need to ‘raise aspirations’ among young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds has been prominent in UK policy debates over the last decade. This paper examines how this discourse is negotiated …
Stephen J. Ball Subjectivity as a site of struggle: refusing neoliberalism? (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 18 p. Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1044072 Abstract This paper extends the author’s previous enquiries and discussions of governmentality and neoliberal policy technologies in a number of ways. The paper explores the specificity and generality of performativity as …
Michel Foucault : héritages et perspectives en éducation et formation. Le Télémaque, 2015/1 (n° 47) Sommaire Brigitte Frelat-Kahn, Dominique Ottavi, Alain Vergnioux Page 7 à 8 Ouverture Chronique morale Alain Vergnioux Page 9 à 15 La philosophie de François Châtelet Notion Valentina Crispi Page 17 à 30 L’interculturalité Dossier – Michel Foucault : héritages et …
Denison, J., Mills, J.P., Konoval, T. Sports’ disciplinary legacy and the challenge of ‘coaching differently’ (2015) Sport, Education and Society, 12 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1061986 Abstract Be empowering. Be athlete-centered. Be autonomy supportive. These are three related topics currently being promoted by sport psychologists and sport pedagogists in an effort to recognize athletes’ …
Burman, E. Knowing Foucault, knowing you: ‘raced’/classed and gendered subjectivities in the pedagogical state (2015) Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 25 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2015.1057215 Abstract This article evaluates the continuing contemporary relevance of Foucauldian analyses for critical educational and social research practice. Framed around examples drawn from everyday cultural and educational practices, I …
Angus, Gail and Winslade, John M. (2015) “How Foucault’s Panopticon Governs Special Education In California,” Wisdom in Education: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 2. Abstract Special education laws in California function to create compliance by creating an environment of constant surveillance and monitoring from a range of perspectives. Even those who do the monitoring are …
Greig, C.J., Holloway, S.M. A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada (2015) Discourse, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1043239 Abstract Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their …
Michalinos Zembylas, ‘Pedagogy of discomfort’ and its ethical implications: the tensions of ethical violence in social justice education (2015) Ethics and Education, 10(2), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2015.1039274 Abstract This essay considers the ethical implications of engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort, using as a point of departure Butler’s reflections on ethical violence and norms. The author shows …
Hope, A. Biopower and school surveillance technologies 2.0 (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2014.1001060 Abstract In recent years the proliferation, speed and reach of school-based surveillance devices has undergone what could be labelled as a revolution. Drawing upon Foucault’s concept of biopower to explore the disciplining of …
Manan, S.A., David, M.K., Dumanig, F.P. Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan (2014) Language Policy, 24 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-014-9343-x Abstract Pakistan is a multilingual and multiethnic country; however, this diversity stands unrecognized in the formal language-in-education policies. Estimates suggest that about 90 % of children …
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