(re)considering Foucault for science education research: considerations of truth, power and governance
Journal article
Bazzul, Jesse and Carter, Lyn. (2017). (re)considering Foucault for science education research: considerations of truth, power and governance. Cultural Studies of Science Education. 12, pp. 435 - 452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-016-9800-2
Authors | Bazzul, Jesse and Carter, Lyn |
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Abstract | This article is a response to Anna Danielsonn, Maria Berge, and Malena Lidar’s paper, ‘‘Knowledge and power in the technology classroom: a framework for studying teachers and students in action’’, and an appeal to science educators of all epistemological orientations to (re)consider the work of Michel Foucault for research in science education. Although this essay does not come close to outlining the importance of Foucault’s work for science education, it does present a lesser-known side of Foucault as an anti-polemical, realist, modern philosopher interested in the way objective knowledge is entangled with governance in modernity. This latter point is important for science educators, as it is the intersection of objective knowledge and institutional imperatives that characterizes the field(s) of science education. Considering the lack of engagement with philosophy and social theory in science education, this paper offers one of many possible readings of Foucault (we as authors have also published different readings of Foucault) in order to engage crucial questions related to truth, power, governance, discourse, ethics and education. |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Cultural Studies of Science Education |
Journal citation | 12, pp. 435 - 452 |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
ISSN | 1871-1502 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-016-9800-2 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85015633345 |
Page range | 435 - 452 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qz62/-re-considering-foucault-for-science-education-research-considerations-of-truth-power-and-governance
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