Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change: Focault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education

Blades, David W.

ISBN 10: 082043325X / ISBN 13: 9780820433257

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1997

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This copy has no creasing of the spine or covers. Very little rubbing or edge wear. Interior text is clean and binding tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change: Focault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082043325X
• ISBN 13: 9780820433257
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good for it's age
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Is curriculum change possible? Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change provides a provocative new response to this question. Through a case study of a recent major attempt to change high school science, this work reveals the continuing barrenness of modernistic explanations of curriculum change. Revisiting this case study in the light of Foucault's concept of power suggests that curriculum change is not an issue of correct technique but a journey of being. An imaginative weaving of narratives, metaphors and allegory invites readers to join this journey by entering into a postmodern conversation about the possibilities for curriculum change.

About the Author

The Author: David W. Blades is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta. He received his Ph.D. in Secondary Education from the University of Alberta. His paper on power and curriculum change was awarded a Tetuso Aoki Award in 1993 by JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies. A Killam Scholar and award-winning teacher, he has published and presented widely on the topics of curriculum change and science education.