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ERIC Number: EJ1153235
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1338-1563
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Topography of Power Relations in Slovak Preschool Sector Based on Bourdieu's Field Theory
Kašcák, Ondrej; Pupala, Branislav
Journal of Pedagogy, v8 n1 p57-76 Aug 2017
The article analyses the Slovak preschool education sector using Bourdieu's field theory. It describes stable and volatile points in the evolution of preschool education in terms of the power games occurring within the specific social field of power relations shaped during these games. It explores the groups of powerful players that represent the political, civic-professional and academic sub-fields exerting an influence over the preschool field who in different ways and at various times control the preschool field and structure within it the hierarchy of power relations in preschool education governance. The analysis is empirically illustrated; the power relations played out and were renewed when the national preschool curriculum was undergoing fundamental change. It describes the strategies, processes and consequences of changes in the power relations between the sub-fields and the associated behaviour of the actors. The analysis shows how the power conflicts ultimately led to the homologous relations between the sub-fields transforming into democratically-structured power relations in preschool education governance.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Slovakia
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