Foucault News

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

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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Foucault in Chinese Educational Studies, Special Issue. Knowledge Cultures, vol. 7, no. 1, March 2019 Foucault In Chinese Educational Studies Michael A. Peters Aesthetic Education: toward a possible aesthetic life Xu Jinyuan Using Foucault’s theory of technologies of the self to examine the learning process in China’s math classrooms Chi Xiao Governmentality and private tutoring …

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van der Merwe, Tania Rauch, Elelwani Lara Ramugondo, and André Keet. 2023. “Crafting a Foucauldian Archaeology Method: A Critical Analysis of Occupational Therapy Curriculum-as-Discourse, South Africa” Social Sciences 12, no. 7: 393. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070393 Abstract South Africa has a colonial and apartheid past of social injustice, epistemological oppression, and exclusion. These mechanisms are historically inscribed in …

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Bommenel, E., Richard, E., Reid, S. Using teaching and learning regimes in the international classroom to encourage student re-subjectification (2023) Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 6 (1), pp. 81-92. DOI: 10.37074/jalt.2023.6.1.14 Abstract This paper addresses one of the pedagogical challenges that followed the presence of increasingly multinational student groups, particularly the increased diversity of …

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Pennacchia, J. Exclusionary tactics in English secondary education: an analysis of fair access protocols (2023) Journal of Education Policy DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2023.2222409 Abstract Although all young people in England are entitled to a full-time, state-funded education suitable to their needs, every year some are without a school place and must be found one through local fair …

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Devi Akella, Looking beyond the gaze. A reflective faculty learning experience In Anteliz, E. A., Mulligan, D. L., & Danaher, P. A. Eds. The Routledge international handbook of autoethnography in educational research, Routledge, 2023 Extract from introduction Numerous articles emphasising the need for international cultural immersion and community engagement experiences which encourage students to be …

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Morag Carol Paton, Carving Space for Staff Agency in a Faculty of Medicine: A Foucauldian-inspired discourse analysis of administrative staff and faculty relations, PhD. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2023 Abstract Administrative staff in higher education have been described as invisible (Eveline, 2004; Szekeres, 2004) and often characterized as being “non-academic, …

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Marx, S., Lavigne, A.L., Braden, S., Hawkman, A., Andersen, J., Gailey, S., Geddes, G., Jones, I., Si, S., Washburn, K. “I didn’t quit. The system quit me.” Examining why teachers of color leave teaching (2023) International Journal of Leadership in Education DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2023.2218113 Abstract Teachers of color leave the teaching profession at nearly three times …

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Sunendar, D., Adriany, V. ‘It’s all about the product’: doing research in neoliberal times in Indonesian higher education (2023) Globalisation, Societies and Education DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2023.2212438 Abstract This article explores Indonesian academics’ experiences in navigating the research process amidst the pressure of neoliberal ideology in higher education institutions in the country. Using Foucault’s concept of governmentality, …

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Critical global citizenship: Foucault as a complexity thinker, social justice and the challenges of higher education in the era of neo-liberal globalization – A conversation with Mark Olssen, Authors: Emiliano Bosio, Mark Olssen Citizenship Teaching & Learning, Volume 18, Issue Philosophical, Ethical and Pedagogical Visions of Global Citizenship Education: Critical Perspectives from International Educators, Jun …

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