Education, Theory and Pedagogies of Change in a Global Landscape: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Role of Theory in Doctoral Research

239 Pages·2016·1.843 MB·English

by  Victoria Perselli (eds.)

Education, Theory and Pedagogies of Change in a
Global Landscape
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Education, Theory and
Pedagogies of Change in
a Global Landscape
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the
Role of Theory in Doctoral Research
Editedby
Victoria Perselli
AssociateProfessor,KingstonUniversity,UK
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Education,theoryandpedagogiesofchangeinagloballandscape:interdisciplinary
perspectivesontheroleoftheoryindoctoralresearch/editedbyVictoriaPerselli,
AssociateProfessor,KingstonUniversity,UK.
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Summary:“Wheredoestheorycomefromineducationalresearch–andhow
isitoperationalizedindiverse,interdisciplinarycontextsandprofessionalsettings?
Thisvolumeexaminestheplacesandspacesoftheoryintheworkofninepre-to
post-doctoralscholars,whosenarrativestransportusacrossawiderangeof
interdisciplinarythemesandfieldsofinquiryfromIrigarayonmotheringin
highereducationtoJamisonamongDanishengineeringundergraduates;fromTe
WharikiinaNewZealandkindergartentorenwenincontemporaryChina.Drawing
onarangeoftheoristssuchasButler,Bhabah,Bourdieu,Freire,Foucault,Levi-Strauss
andŽižek,thebookprovidesnumerousopportunitiesfordebateanddiscussion
ontheoryandthedoctoralthesisandtheirinterrelationswithpedagogyand
methodologyintimesofgreatinsecurityacrosstheglobe.Indoingsoitdevelops
newpossibilitiesforpedagogiesofchangeinandbeyondourcurrenteducational
systemsandstructures”—Providedbypublisher.
1. Education—Research. 2. Education—Philosophy. 3. Education—
Studyandteaching(Graduate) 4. Doctorofeducationdegree.
I. Perselli,Victoria,1957–editor.
LB1028.E2662015
378.007—dc23 2015023406
In loving memory of Peter Cox
(1918–2015)
Dartington, Devon
Arts administrator and pioneer of interdisciplinary
curricula and practices
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables ix
Acknowledgements x
NotesonContributors xi
Preface xv
1 Theory,TheorisingandPedagogiesofChange 1
VictoriaPerselli
2 EngenderingKnowledge:Education,theMaternaland
DoingResearchwithWomen 31
SimoneGalea
3 NegotiatingGenderConceptsandCriticalPedagogy:
AReflectiveAccountofDoctoralResearch
inPhysiotherapyEducation 48
JohnA.Hammond
4 TroublingCriticalManagementLearningwithTheatre
andPerformancePractice:Inter-andTransdisciplinary
ApproachestoCurriculumDesign 62
AnnouchkaC.Bayley
5 LessonsfromTeWha¯riki:InsightsintotheRelevanceof
Vygotsky’sSocioculturalTheoryintheDebateabout
‘Schoolification’ofEarlyChildhood 87
KarenMcNerney
6 ‘FindingFoucault’:ContextualisingPowerinthe
CurriculumThroughReflectionsonStudents’Dialoguing
AboutFoucauldianDiscourses 110
MaryFrancesAgnello
7 RethinkingAdvancedCulture:AChina-Characterised
Bricolage 127
XiangLi
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viii Contents
8 TeachinginHigherEducation:DerivingaContext-Specific
Knowledge-BaseThroughPraxis 150
GillNah
9 SettingaNewCourseorSteppingOutofLine?Challenges
toPreviouslyDisconnectedTheoreticalFieldsinaDanish
Profession-OrientedHigherEducationContext 175
SanneHaase
10 KeepingtheLightsOn:APlayinTwoActs 196
MariCruice
Index 213
Figures and Tables
Figures
3.1 Decisionjuncturesforepistemologicalawarenessin
educationresearch:Visualrepresentationofconceptual
stages 54
8.1 Thediscursiveformationofhighereducationconstructed
bytheNationalCommitteeofEnquiryintoHigher
EducationReport(1997) 163
Tables
3.1 Frameworkforanalysingtranscriptscasebycase 57
8.1 Saukko’sculturalstudiesframework,mappedtochapter
structureandmethods 160
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