Fenwick / Edwards Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-27586-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues

Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory offers anew take on educational research, demonstrating the ways in whichactor-network theory can expand the understanding of educationalchange.
* An international collaboration exploring diversemanifestations of educational change
* Illustrates the impact of actor-network theory on educationalresearch
* Positions education as a key area where actor-network theorycan add value, as it has been shown to do in other socialsciences
* A valuable resource for anyone interested in the sociology andphilosophy of education

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fenwick, Tara

Edwards, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii
Foreword viii
Introduction
Tara Fenwick & Richard Edwards ix
1 Devices and Educational Change
Jan Nespor 1
2 Translating the Prescribed into the Enacted Curriculum inCollege and School
Richard Edwards 23
3 Unruly Practices: What a sociology of translations canoffer to educational policy analysis
Mary Hamilton 40
4 ANT on the PISA Trail: Following the statistical pursuit ofcertainty
Radhika Gorur 60
5 Assembling the 'Accomplished' Teacher: Theperformativity and politics of professional teachingstandards
Dianne Mulcahy 78
6 Reading Educational Reform with Actor-Network Theory: Fluidspaces, otherings, and ambivalences
Tara Fenwick 97
Index 117

Über Autor(innen)

Tara Fenwick is Professor of Professional Education inthe School of Education at the University of Stirling, UK. She waspreviously Head of Educational Studies at the University of BritishColumbia, Canada. The director of ProPEL, an international networkresearching professional practice, education and learning, she hasa particular interest in professionals' knowledge sources andstrategies, and the changing nature of professionalresponsibility.
Richard Edwards is Professor of Education and Head of theSchool of Education at the University of Stirling, and previouslyspent 12 years as a lecturer, senior lecturer and reader withthe Open University. He has written extensively on adult educationand lifelong learning.
Tara Fenwick and Richard Edwards are the authors ofActor-Network Theory in Education (2010) and, with PeterSawchuk, of Emerging Approaches to Educational Research: Tracingthe Sociomaterial (2011).