An Essay on the Politics of Schooling and Educational Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John K Smith, Deborah J Gallagher |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 284-301 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708607310793 |
| OpenAlex | W1970277282 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
For a very long time, the process of schooling and the research on that process were thought of as above or beyond politics. The myth of a politics-free schooling was exposed beginning with the social movements of the 1960s. The myth of educational research as apolitical is now on its way to being exposed because of these movements and because of changes in our understandings of the nature of social and educational inquiry. The result of all of this has been so profound in the past few years that it is now clear that schools may be the most politicized institution in our society and, with the No Child Left Behind Legislation, governmental agencies now have a profound influence as to what is considered acceptable versus unacceptable educational research
Institution · Legislation · Mythology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social institution · Social science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies · History · Law · Public Administration
Neutrality as a Moral Standpoint, Conceptual Confusion and the Full Inclusion Debate
Whose Agenda Is This Anyway? A Response to McKenna, Robinson, and Miller
Values
The Stories Educational Researchers Tell about Themselves
Recapturing Moral Discourse in Evaluation
Whole Language
Closing Down the Conversation
Whole Language and the Need for Open Inquiry
Naturalistic inquiry
Social Science in the Crucible
The Origins of American Social Science
Criteria for assessing the trustworthiness of naturalistic inquiries
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |