Foucault News

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

Peter W Shay, Precluding Critical Pedagogy: Ethical Democracy and the Tyranny of Functional Metrics, Visible Learning, and Data Surveillance, Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Volume 21, Number 3, pp. 26-58 http://www.jceps.com/archives/16139 Open access Abstract Through a Foucauldian theoretical framework, this article contests the efficacy of the modern assessable and visible learning curriculum, and analyses …

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Greer, K., King, H., Glackin, M. ‘Standing back’ or ‘stepping up’? Exploring climate change education policy influence in England (2023) British Educational Research Journal DOI: 10.1002/berj.3888 Abstract This paper explores the nature of climate change education-related policy influence in England at a time when public consciousness about the need to accelerate climate change action was …

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Bahmanteymouri, E., Mohammadzadeh, M. ‘Neoliberalism is dead’: Traversing neoliberal planning education is an exigency (2023) Policy Futures in Education DOI: 10.1177/14782103231181241 Abstract Neoliberalism has been the hegemonic ideology that has fundamentally transformed planning over the last four decades. Neoliberalism has significantly restructured pre-existing organisations, such as universities that were initially expanded during the period of …

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Hilt, R. Gifted and On the Move: The Impact of Losing the Gifted Label for Military Connected Students (2023) Journal for the Education of the Gifted DOI: 10.1177/01623532231180882 Abstract Society is becoming increasingly mobile, which impacts all facets of the educational experience, including gifted education. Military students attend several different schools in their educational careers, …

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Armstrong, L. (2023). Understanding reform discourses in complex times of change: Positions and practices of early childhood professionals from Victorian kindergarten settings. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391231212686 Abstract Australian early childhood education and care [ECEC] has faced a series of change and reform since 2009, including the introduction and later revisions of key curriculum …

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Reimagining Globalization and Education Edited By Fazal Rizvi, Bob Lingard, Risto Rinne, Routledge, 2022 Description This book brings together leading scholars in Global Studies in Education to reflect on how various developments of historic significance have unsettled the neoliberal imaginary of globalization. The developments include greater recognition of inequalities and the changing nature of work …

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Giuseppe Dambrosio, Potere, Soggettività, Post-Modernità, Sensibili alle foglie, 2021 Nella prima parte di questo libro vengono ripresi e attualizzati gli studi di Michel Foucault sul potere disciplinare, a cui è connesso il concetto di dispositivo, per indagare le forme assunte da assoggettamento e soggettivazione nella post-modernità. È evidenziata, sul piano sia filosofico sia pedagogico che …

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Armstrong, Lauren (2023) “‘Half of it’s Out the Window’: Exploring Tensions, Hierarchies and Positionalities Amidst the Changing Knowledge Base of Early Childhood Teacher Education Discourses,” Australian Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 48 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14221/1835-517X.5960 Abstract Early childhood education is foregrounded in change. In Australia, this has encompassed the introduction, …

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Call for Papers 3 (1): FILOSOFÍA, POLÍTICA Y VERDAD Coordinadores: Iván Torres Apablaza y Silvana Vignale Latin American Journal of Humanities and Educational Divergences  Recepción de trabajos: 30 de noviembre de 2023 https://revistas.educaidscientific.com/index.php/lajhed/announcement PDF of Call for Papers Latin American Journal of Humanities and Educational Divergences es una publicación semestral de acceso abierto, editado por …

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Xiao Han (2023) Disciplinary Power Matters: Rethinking Governmentality and Policy Enactment Studies in China, Journal of Education Policy, 38:3, 408-431, DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2021.2014570 ABSTRACT Besides Foucault’s own focus on liberal contexts, the relatively limited application of his thoughts in illiberal countries may also result from the misunderstanding of power. The traditional juridico-discursive model interprets power as …

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