Ali Meghji (2014), Moving away from Bourdieu and reproduction: Foucault, resistance and gender in secondary school, Paper for ‘Foucault and education: Retrospect and Prospect‘ conference (University of Sheffield). Paper available on Academia.edu site Abstract The way in which I will be defending the utility of Foucault’s works for educational research is through the idea that …
Andreas Fejes, Magnus Dahlstedt (2014) The confessing society: Foucault, confession and practices of lifelong learning. London: Routledge. Paperback version. Originally published in 2012 Publisher’s page PDF flyer with 20% discount “I highly appreciate the quality of Fejes’ and Dahlstedt’s research and writing. They manage to present in a comprehensible way some essential concepts of Foucault …
Coloma, R.S. Ladlad and Parrhesiastic Pedagogy: Unfurling LGBT Politics and Education in the Global South (2013) Curriculum Inquiry, 43 (4), pp. 483-511. Abstract This article examines the political and educational activism of Ladlad, the first lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political party in the Philippines and the only existing LGBT political party in the …
Wachs, F.L., Chase, L.F. Explaining the failure of an obesity intervention: Combining Bourdieu’s symbolic violence and the Foucault’s microphysics of power to reconsider state interventions (2013) Sociology of Sport Journal, 30 (2), pp. 111-131. Full pdf Abstract This paper explains the failure of an obesity intervention funded by a Carol M. White U.S. Department of …
Dahlstedt, M., Fejes, A. Family makeover: coaching, confession and parental responsibilisation (2013) Pedagogy, Culture and Society. Article in Press. Further info Abstract Today, there is a widespread idea that parents need to learn how to carry out their roles as parents. Practices of parental learning operate throughout society. This article deals with one particular practice …
Bath, C. Conceptualising listening to young children as an ethic of care in early childhood education and care (2013) Children and Society, 27 (5), pp. 361-371. Further info Abstract This paper focuses on recent discourses and practices of listening to young children, in order to highlight listening as an ethical practice in early childhood education …
Shira Wolosky, Foucault at School: Discipline, Education and Agency in Harry Potter, Children’s Literature in Education, November 2013 Further info Abstract The formative power of children’s literature is both great and suspicious. As a resource of socialization, the construction and experience of children’s literature can be seen as modes of disciplinary coercion such as Michel …
Anderson, A. The critical purchase of genealogy: Critiquing student participation projects (2013) Discourse. Article in Press. Further info Abstract Until recently the dominant critique of ‘student participation’ projects was one based on the theoretical assumptions of critical theory in the form of critical pedagogy. Over the last decade, we have witnessed the emergence of a …
Michalinos Zembylas, Derrida, Foucault and critical pedagogies of friendship in conflict-troubled societies (2013) Discourse. 36(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2013.812341 Abstract The aim of this paper is to place Derrida’s and Foucault’s ideas on friendship in conversation and then discuss how those ideas provide a pedagogical space in which critical educators in conflict-troubled societies can promote new modes …
Schaub, J., Dalrymple, R. Surveillance and silence: New considerations in assessing difficult social work placements (2013) Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 11 (3), pp. 79-97. Further info Abstract Studies to date have highlighted a number of key factors in the assessment of difficult social work placements including the need for adequate professional formation; communication; …
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