Capacity-Communication-Power: Foucault on Contemporary Education

This article explores the implications of Michel Foucault's specific references to contemporary education. Foucault developed a model for educational institutions which emphasises human capacities, communication and power relations, and which can be applied both to schools and to universities....

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Published inPerspectives in education Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12
Main Author Deacon, Roger
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Perspectives in Education University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa Tel:+27124204732; Fax: +2712 362 5122; E mail:perspect@postini 01.06.2005
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Educational Change
Methods
Schools
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This article explores the implications of Michel Foucault's specific references to contemporary education. Foucault developed a model for educational institutions which emphasises human capacities, communication and power relations, and which can be applied both to schools and to universities. Though he paid the closest attention to the role of power relations in education, he also made some intriguing comments on possibilities for educational change, the value of education and its products, and the effects of different methods of instruction. The article concludes with a brief discussion of Foucault's reflections on his own teaching and learning practices, and raises the issue of lifelong teaching.
ISSN:0258-2236