Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory

Name: Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory
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ISBN: 9781118274897

ISBN-10: 111827489X

ISBN-13: 9781118274897

Edition: 2012

Authors: Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards

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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

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 4/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Foreword


Introduction




Devices and Educational Change




Translating the Prescribed into the Enacted Curriculum in College and School




Unruly Practices: What a sociology of translations can offer to educational policy analysis




ANT on the PISA Trail: Following the statistical pursuit of certainty




Assembling the 'Accomplished' Teacher: The performativity and politics of professional teaching standards




Reading Educational Reform with Actor-Network Theory: Fluid spaces, otherings, and ambivalences



Index