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Marley, Charles – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2023
The article elaborates the theoretical and methodological foundations of a Foucauldian-inspired critical ethnographic investigation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim was to consider ADHD from outside its dominant biomedical explanation as a means of problematizing the increasing usage within schools and health services.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Health Services, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Ethnography
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Tawell, Alice; McCluskey, Gillean – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2022
This paper examines and compares national policies on school exclusion, using a specific framework for public policy analysis developed by Carol Bacchi [(2009). Analysing policy: What's the problem represented to be? Frenchs Forest: Pearson]. This framework is known as 'What's the problem represented to be?' or 'WPR'. Bacchi's framework has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Policy Analysis
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Ikävalko, Elina; Brunila, Kristiina – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2019
Researchers often find themselves reflecting on either/or questions. This article examines the multiple discursive reality of gender equality, a topic comprising several juxtapositions connected to either/or thinking which also provide the topic its legitimacy. The examples come from the context of gender equality work and gender equality policy,…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Feminism
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Quartermaine, Angela – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
In recent years, counter-terrorism measures have become incorporated into the UK education system, with the latest 2015 "Counter-Terrorism and Security Act" expanding on previous government policy by making it mandatory for schools to be actively involved with counter-terrorism measures [Clause 21, H.M. Government 2015.…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Student Attitudes, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Practices
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Galliott, Natal'ya; Graham, Linda J. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2014
In this paper, we seek to operationalize Amartya Sen's concept of human capability to guide a scholarly investigation of student career choice capability. We begin by outlining factors affecting youth labour markets in Australia; a prosperous country that is affected by a "two-speed" national economy. We then examine recent government…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Career Choice, Student Empowerment
Shaker, Paul; Ruitenberg, Claudia – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2007
The US Federal Government is forcefully prescribing a narrow definition of "scientifically-based" educational research. US policy, emerging from contemporary neoliberal and technocratic viewpoints and funded and propagated on a large scale, has the potential to influence international thinking on educational research. In this article we continue a…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Educational Research, Definitions, Public Policy