Hi David,
In Brazil, Foucault is influent in educational studies. As you know, I'm not from this specific area, but I see good works on Foucault about many questions, like school discipline, power relations in children games (soccer, marble game etc.) and also school administration (I guess...).
That's a pity that all the references I know are in Portuguese :(
As well, I will look anything to help you as soon as possible.
Best wishes, João
> Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone on this list can direct me towards foucaultian writings on education - either on power or ethics - that actually discuss, in some sort of concrete sense, the actual practices of education in schools? I am aware, of course, of the passages in Discipline and Punish on the school, but every time I read a paper on Foucault written by someone in Education it seems to say very little about schooling and classroom practice. The Olssen book being one case in point, articles by Michael Peters being another - regardless of any merits they might or might not have as theoretical readings of Foucault. I'm working on a group research project for a Dip.Ed. (sucks, I know) and I'm finding that it looks like I'm going to have to invent the wheel on this. Any suggestions? David On 01/09/2005, at 11:50 PM, Edward Comstock wrote: I'm currently doing my dissertation in Education on recent changes in the construction of the student-object in education research and policy (increasingly casting the student in bio-reductive, specifically neurological, terms). I'm wondering if anybody out there can point me to works done on "accountability" discourse from a Foucauldian perspective. I realize that accountability discourse is usually construed as a form of disciplinary power; I'm interested in exploring the new bio-reductive techniques, and the ways they link to various discourses, marking extensions and changes to disciplinary force. There seems indeed to be an increasing link between accountability and this bio-reductivism. Thanks so much, Ed_______________________________________________ Foucault-L mailing list
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In Brazil, Foucault is influent in educational studies. As you know, I'm not from this specific area, but I see good works on Foucault about many questions, like school discipline, power relations in children games (soccer, marble game etc.) and also school administration (I guess...).
That's a pity that all the references I know are in Portuguese :(
As well, I will look anything to help you as soon as possible.
Best wishes, João
> Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone on this list can direct me towards foucaultian writings on education - either on power or ethics - that actually discuss, in some sort of concrete sense, the actual practices of education in schools? I am aware, of course, of the passages in Discipline and Punish on the school, but every time I read a paper on Foucault written by someone in Education it seems to say very little about schooling and classroom practice. The Olssen book being one case in point, articles by Michael Peters being another - regardless of any merits they might or might not have as theoretical readings of Foucault. I'm working on a group research project for a Dip.Ed. (sucks, I know) and I'm finding that it looks like I'm going to have to invent the wheel on this. Any suggestions? David On 01/09/2005, at 11:50 PM, Edward Comstock wrote: I'm currently doing my dissertation in Education on recent changes in the construction of the student-object in education research and policy (increasingly casting the student in bio-reductive, specifically neurological, terms). I'm wondering if anybody out there can point me to works done on "accountability" discourse from a Foucauldian perspective. I realize that accountability discourse is usually construed as a form of disciplinary power; I'm interested in exploring the new bio-reductive techniques, and the ways they link to various discourses, marking extensions and changes to disciplinary force. There seems indeed to be an increasing link between accountability and this bio-reductivism. Thanks so much, Ed_______________________________________________ Foucault-L mailing list
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