This book asserts that efforts to reform schools, particularly urban schools, are events that engender a host of issues and conflicts that have been interpreted through the conceptual lens of community.
This book asserts that efforts to reform schools, particularly urban schools, are events that engender a host of issues and conflicts that have been i...
The 1980s were an important decade for educational inquiry. It was the moment of the linguistic turn, with its emphasis on the role of language as a constructor of reality, a structuring agent for institutions such as schools, and a medium for translating knowledge into elements of power for processes of social regulation. Drawing on the work and insights of educational researcher Thomas S. Popkewitz, this book shows how the linguistic turn provided an alternative to both mainline educational research grounded in the ideals of political liberalism and the effort of neo-Marxists to...
The 1980s were an important decade for educational inquiry. It was the moment of the linguistic turn, with its emphasis on the role of language as ...
