Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault in schools

as for presentation - i don't know about the editions of Discipline And
Punishment available to you, but in the russian edition there were a lot of
pictures and photos: Bentam's sketches of Panopticon, photos of the real
prisons built in this way, and, most interesting, a picture of a classroom
for prisoners. i don't know if you will fing these pictures though.

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From: "Erik Hoogcarspel" <jehms@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault in schools


> Zero B schreef:
>
> > Hi, my name is Marc Beerline and I am a senior at TunderRidge High
> > School, a suburb of Denver. As a graduation requirement, we are
> > required to do a "senior project"; in most cases, this project is a
> > horse-and-show type of project where most students are awarded
> > enthuastic A's for projects like "rebuilding my Mustang". I'm looking
> > to do a Foucaultian critique of the public education system, in
> > particular, the Power/Knowledge relationship within public
> > schools--espeically with the pressures of standardized tests and the
> > No Child Left Behind Act, either that or a cultural critique of
> > American taboo. My only fear, unfortunately is that those on the board
> > will not understand the significance of what I am researching,
> > especially in terms of what the 'standards' of the project itself are.
> > I am also struggling with how I could present this in some sort of
> > presentation with something physcially tangible, as it is a
> > requirement for the project. I do see the irony in my proposal ! and
> > dillema. I also need help with the specificity with what I am
> > researching and how I am to go about doing it. Any suggestions would
> > be great. Sorry, that was far from coherent.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi Marc,
> you could start with reading Discipline and Punishment and show that the
school is a real and virtual panopticon, because everything has to be
obeserved and judged. Then you could elaborate on the importance of the
list, and the dossier, the portfolio or waht you call it, as a pass for
future education or a job. Yuo could also study the reaction of students
caused by the feeling of being watched and the different disicplinairy
measures as kicking out or enclosing in hte system.
>
> Erik
>
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