Supporting research in Education Studies
Supporting research in Education Studies
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…
This paper discusses my attempts to conduct postmodern Foucauldian doctoral research into academic writing and writing development practices in higher education as a research-practitioner, whilst continuing to satisfy the conventions of academic writing and scholarship. In particular I want to…
This article links Foucault’s discussion on power and dominance with the directive to teach synthetic phonics in English schools. It would seem that teachers are being dominated by a Government power that is imposing a very narrow view of reading…