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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
Not-with-standing the current topoi of the Knowledge Society, a particular "fact" of modernity is that power is exercised less through brute force and more through systems of reason that order and classify what is known and acted on. This article explored the system of reason that orders and classifies what is talked about, thought and…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Logical Thinking, Social Change, Mathematics Education
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2009
Globalization is a contemporary industry that crosses academia, commerce, and governments. The hope of globalization is also the darkness of present economic woes and the homogenizing of cultures and traditions. The author's inquiry is about the historical principles of "reason" that enable "seeing," thinking, and acting as if…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, Global Approach, Group Membership
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Popkewitz, Thomas S.; Brennan, Marie – Educational Theory, 1997
This essay discusses how Foucault's study of power relates to more general reexamination of the foundations of critical traditions, especially decentering of the subject as part of a broader consideration of social epistemology. The paper explores two concepts of power (sovereignty/repression and deployment/production of power) and examines the…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
This paper explores the intersection of curriculum studies/curriculum history/curriculum theory through the study of systems of reason that order reflection and action. Words about "learning", "empowerment", "problem-solving", "self-realization", "community", and so on, are not merely there in order that educators should "grasp" some reality to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Politics of Education, Educational Change
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1980
Suggests that, while applauding multiculturalism, global education may provide a pedagogical device to accept uncritically particular political assumptions, rules, and biases. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Multicultural Education
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1994
Examines how the word "professionalization" is used within the social and political contexts in which teaching occurs, both historically and in current debates over educational reform. Argues that professionalization itself has no intrinsic meaning but is defined by the social, political, and economic relationships of a given society.…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Definitions, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – 1992
This paper explores the promise and limitations of evaluation in teacher education in the context of reform. The promise of evaluation is to understand the diverse issues and complexities that underlie the processes of reform and to contribute to a more informed policy making. Three themes in teacher education evaluation are considered. These…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1985
The formulation of educational reform efforts into specific problems is part of an institutional discourse that represents value, commitment, and social wisdom. How teacher education is practiced reveals particular cultural conditions, political structures, and social interests. (MT)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Nationalism, Politics of Education
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Education, 1973
The stressing of idealism and ritual without dealing with political realities has tended to produce youth that are ethnocentric, closed-minded, and conformist in their approach to public affairs. (Author)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Integrity, Political Attitudes, Political Science
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Freedman, Kerry; Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1988
Examines the social and cultural conditions in which U.S. art education was constructed, considering the social interests that underlay its formation. Traces curriculum theory from around 1870 to the present. States that the history of curriculum involves a story of social transformation, political interests, and economic agendas. (GEA)
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Philosophy
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Teachers College Record, 1973
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the moral, political, and epistemological consequences of the methodology of and theoretical commitments to a behavioral research pattern and its application to education. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Educational Objectives, Social Change, Social Sciences
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – 1974
One of a series of pamphlets providing practical and useful sources of classroom techniques for social studies teachers, the concern of this issue is how to engage children in the study of political participation, attending to varied dimensions of political actions and approaches to analysis. The first of two sections discusses political…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Classroom Techniques, Democracy
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Popkewitz, Thomas S.; Wakefield, Howard E. – Education and Urban Society, 1975
Questions the case for the use of futurism in education made in the Lonsdale paper; notes that futurism involves political as well as technological dimensions; and discusses both possibilities for doctoral dissertation research and the amount of concern actually shown by local school district officials for any kind of futures research. (JM)
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – 1978
To shed light on the social research perspectives which enable people to give coherence to daily events, educational researchers must continually scrutinize the social values and beliefs which underly their research. As social and cultural affairs are explained by the social sciences, so also are theories and methods influenced by social conflict.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Educational Researcher, 1979
Educational planning involves giving attention to the social, political, and educational complexity of schooling. Where reform programs do not consider the underlying patterns of school belief and conduct, innovations may only rearrange the technological surface. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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