Policy-as-discourse and schools in the role of health promotion

The application of Bernstein's transmission context in policy analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2933700
AutoresAnthony Chee Siong Leow, Anthony Leow (0000-0002-9725-7771, The University of Queensland, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume32
Fascículo3
Páginas309-328
Data de publicação2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2011.573249
OpenAlexW2007124269
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas54

As one of the most important sites in and through which state agendas are articulated and disseminated, schools and teachers play critical roles in the implementation of state-driven policies and initiatives targeted at children and young people. This is especially pertinent in the current educational landscape where schools and teachers are vested with the responsibility to address amyriad of public health issues (e.g. smoking, alcohol education, etc.). The work of Basil Bernstein on pedagogic discourse is apposite to understanding how discourses external to the educational field (i.e. health promotion) become re-contextualised to serve educational purposes. Using Queensland's Eat Well Be Active (EWBA) policies as a backdrop, this paper draws on Bernstein's model of transmission context, and examines the discourses embedded within the policies. Through its focus on the classification and framing of the discourses within the EWBApolicies, this paper aims to: (1) reveal the potential and expediency of Bernstein's model of transmission context in policy analysis; and (2) unmask the hegemony embedded within the policies

Discourse analysis · Health care · Health promotion · Hegemony · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Engineering · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Public Administration · Health Policy