Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory offers a new take on educational research, demonstrating the ways in which actor-network theory can expand the understanding of educational change. An international collaboration exploring diverse manifestations of educational changeIllustrates the impact of actor-network theory on educational researchPositions education as a key area where actor-network theory can add value, as it has been shown to do in other social sciencesA valuable resource for anyone interested in the sociology and philosophy of education INDICE: Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: Reclaiming and Renewing Actor Network Theory for Educational Research (TARA FENWICK and RICHARD EDWARDS)1. Devices and Educational Change (JAN NESPOR)2. Translating the Prescribed into the Enacted Curriculum in College and School (RICHARD EDWARDS)3. Unruly Practices: What a sociology of translations can offer to educational policy analysis (MARY HAMILTON)4. ANT on the PISA Trail: Following the statistical pursuit of certainty (RADHIKA GORUR)5. Assembling the €˜Accomplished€™ Teacher: The performativity and politics of professional teaching standards (DIANNE MULCAHY)6. Reading Educational Reform with Actor Network Theory: Fluid spaces, otherings, and ambivalences (TARA FENWICK)Index
- ISBN: 978-1-118-27489-7
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha Publicación: 11/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés