Education

Editor’s choice: Putting working-class mothers in their place

Published by Mark Murphy on May 20, 2013 | Leave a response

Article: Mary O’Donoghue (2013): Putting working-class mothers in their place: social stratification, the field of education, and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34:2, 190-207. In this article, Mary O’Donoghue uses Bourdieu’s concept of field to explore the relations between education and working-class mothers in an Irish case study. Here’s the abstract: This article explores… Read more →

A sociological perspective on youth

Published by Huw Davies on May 17, 2013 | Leave a response

Youth is not just a biological category; it’s also a societal invention. This may sound like socio-babble but as we have changed from an agricultural to post-industrial society our definition of youth has evolved. Young people used to be parental property; nurtured by domestic folk practices then forced into work and afforded no legal rights. Youth today is a… Read more →

Embracing inter/professionalism in the children’s sector – BERA2013 blog post

Published by Elspeth McCartney on May 9, 2013 | Leave a response

Joint post by Joan Forbes and Elspeth McCartney This is the first post linked to the event: BERA 2013 Conference: Social Theory and Education SIG papers - the paper is entitled: ‘Professional social capital in schools and children’s services: understanding the distribution of leadership culturally’ The co-authors of the above titled BERA2013 paper have been working together for a… Read more →

Editor’s choice: ‘Sit down, shut up, and do what I tell you to do’

Published by Mark Murphy on May 3, 2013 | 1 Response

Top of the class this week: Article: Eric Toshalis (2010): From disciplined to disciplinarian: the reproduction of symbolic violence in pre‐service teacher education. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 42:2, 183-213. Eric Toshalis brings both Foucault and Bourdieu to bear on the world of teacher education and the role of discipline in this world. Here’s the abstract: This study examines how… Read more →

Foucault, disciplinary power and the dangerous remainder

Published by Ansgar Allen on April 17, 2013 | Leave a response

In a recent blog, Michael Gallagher called ‘Orwellian readings of Foucault’ into question. These emphasise the ubiquity of power as it becomes manifest through the disciplinary gaze: The gaze cannot be escaped, and so individuals act in conformity with dominant norms; few spaces remain where abnormal behaviour can be indulged in private. The panopticon has become the dominant cypher… Read more →