ERIC Number: EJ881198
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Feb
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Educational Policy in Scotland: Inclusion and the Control Society
Watson, Cate
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v31 n1 p93-104 Feb 2010
This paper sets out to examine educational policy and practice in Scotland, showing how the "comprehensive and coherent programme to promote social inclusion"--inculcating "readiness to learn", ensuring that education equips the young for adult life, creating a demand for lifelong learning, above all through the presumption of mainstreaming--is indicative of and constitutive of a change in the way in which we are subject to governance in Scotland. This shift can be read as consistent with a move from a predominantly "disciplinary" society as set out by Michel Foucault towards the "control society" as elaborated by Gilles Deleuze--a society which does not operate through confinement but continuous control made possible by cybertechnology. Although it specifically draws on Scottish legislation and policy, it should be recognised that this is itself subject to emergent global education policy and so its relevance goes beyond these borders. (Contains 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Global Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Social Environment, Mainstreaming, Inclusive Schools, Social Influences, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Governance, Student Needs, Equal Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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