Social movements and political practice in education
Michael Apple
2007
2007
Abstract
In this article I respond to the analyses of Educating the `Right'Way and The State and the Politics of Knowledge that were given by Stephen Ball, Russell Fox and Antonio Novoa. I situate the development of the kinds of argument that these books make, in the larger corpus of my work and in the growth of neoliberal, neoconservative, authoritarian populist religious movements, and the new managerial emphases that have become so powerful internationally in education. I then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the thoughtful points made by Ball, Fox and Novoa.
Article
Abstract
In this article I respond to the analyses of Educating the `Right'Way and The State and the Politics of Knowledge that were given by Stephen Ball, Russell Fox and Antonio Novoa. I situate the development of the kinds of argument that these books make, in the larger corpus of my work and in the growth of neoliberal, neoconservative, authoritarian populist religious movements, and the new managerial emphases that have become so powerful internationally in education. I then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the thoughtful points made by Ball, Fox and Novoa.
Social Movements
Conservative Ideas, Religious movements, School Reform Movements
Keywords
Curriculum, North America, Policy, Public Schooling
Theme
Social Movements Within; Through; and for Public Education