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Book Review: Procedures of Power & Curriculum Change; Foucault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education

Book Review: Procedures of Power & Curriculum Change; Foucault and the Quest for Possibilities in... BOOK REVIEWS Procedures of power & curriculum change; Foucault and the quest for possibilities in science education David W. Blades New York: Peter Lang, 1997. 290 pp. Almost half of the text of this book is a story about a Kingdom where children are disap­ pearing. More specifically, it is about the Quest the Cathedral authorities in this Kingdom decide to mount to find The Answer to the problem. There had been widespread concern about these children and their welfare for a long time, but nothing the society had done was able to either stop the process or to find them. The Servants, sharing the general concern, but worried about recruiting the next generation of their members, encouraged all children to have an initial training in Servanthood, but these efforts actually led to an increase in the disappearance rate! This underlined the magnitude of the problem, since a preparation that could lead to such a high status and influential profession ought to have been attractive. Mter all, the Servants had been responsible for much of the technological innovation that had transformed this realm into a modem efficient machine, envied by the whole world. Their commitment to discerning 'the knowledge http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

Book Review: Procedures of Power & Curriculum Change; Foucault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education

Australian Journal of Education , Volume 43 (2): 4 – Aug 1, 1999

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1999 Australian Council for Educational Research
ISSN
0004-9441
eISSN
2050-5884
DOI
10.1177/000494419904300210
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BOOK REVIEWS Procedures of power & curriculum change; Foucault and the quest for possibilities in science education David W. Blades New York: Peter Lang, 1997. 290 pp. Almost half of the text of this book is a story about a Kingdom where children are disap­ pearing. More specifically, it is about the Quest the Cathedral authorities in this Kingdom decide to mount to find The Answer to the problem. There had been widespread concern about these children and their welfare for a long time, but nothing the society had done was able to either stop the process or to find them. The Servants, sharing the general concern, but worried about recruiting the next generation of their members, encouraged all children to have an initial training in Servanthood, but these efforts actually led to an increase in the disappearance rate! This underlined the magnitude of the problem, since a preparation that could lead to such a high status and influential profession ought to have been attractive. Mter all, the Servants had been responsible for much of the technological innovation that had transformed this realm into a modem efficient machine, envied by the whole world. Their commitment to discerning 'the knowledge

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Australian Journal of EducationSAGE

Published: Aug 1, 1999

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