Understanding Foucault, Habermas,Bourdieu and Derrida
Mark Murphy is Reader in Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is the creator of www.socialtheoryapplied.com, a website designed to provide a platform for discussion around the relationship between theory and educational research.
Section 1: Introduction 1. Social theory and education research: An introduction Mark Murphy Section 2: Foucault 2. Foucault and his Acolytes: Discourse, power and ethics Julie Allan 3. Foucault, Panopticism and School Surveillance Research Andrew Hope 4. Foucault, Confession and Reflective Practices Andreas Fejes Section 3: Habermas 5. Jurgen Habermas: Education's reluctant hero Terence Lovat 6. The Politics of School Regulation: Using Habermas to research educational accountability Mark Murphy and Paul Skillen 7. Using Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action in an Analysis of Recognition of Prior Learning Fredrik Sandberg Section 4: Bourdieu 8. Bourdieu and Educational Research: Thinking tools, relational thinking, beyond epistemological innocence Shaun Rawolle and Bob Lingard 9. Research in the New Christian Academies: Perspectives from Bourdieu Elizabeth Green 10. Bourdieu Applied: Exploring perceived parental influence on adolescent students' educational choices for studies in higher education Irene Kleanthous Section 5: Derrida 11. Derrida and Educational Research: An introduction Jones Irwin 12. 'Derrida Applied': Derrida meets Dracula in the geography classroom Christine Winter 13. Engaging With Student Teachers on Reflective Writing: Reclaiming writing Duncan Mercieca