Supporting research in Education Studies
Supporting research in Education Studies
The paper explores some of the tensions in Freire’s (1970) pedagogy as rooted in his belief in social justice through the liberation of the oppressed. Importantly, Freire’s problem-posing pedagogy is a leading idea in how education can help raise critical consciousness in an ethical manner in order to realise social…
‘And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work ‘em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow. Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay, That made the breeze to blow!’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner…
This paper offers considerations of how political discourse is intertwined with education. Utilising Foucault’s (1987) notion of discourse we explore its usefulness for producing an analysis of discursive formations which shape education for driving the economy, developing human capital and as a product. Using Foucauldian theory and terminology we follow…