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Understanding Accountability from a Microanalysis of Power Dynamics in a Specialized STEM School
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Teo, Tang Wee; Osborne, Margery – Critical Studies in Education, 2014
The central thesis of this article is that conceptualizations of accountability systems need to be more encompassing to accommodate the current diversity of school choice. This article examines an emerging type of school that specializes in advanced STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curriculum for gifted and academically…
Descriptors: Accountability, School Choice, STEM Education, Special Schools
Hooked on a Feeling: Education, Guidance and Rehabilitation of Youth at Risk
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Brunila, Kristiina – Critical Studies in Education, 2013
Education in Finland is facing new challenges in the form of two related trends: "therapisation" and "projectisation". The concept of therapisation describes the ways in which ideas, discourses and practices from counselling, therapy, psychiatry, educational and clinical psychology become internalised and normalised in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Learning Activities, Active Learning
"Ignorance" as a Rhetorical Strategy: How Japanese Language Learners Living in Japan Maneuver Their Subject Positions to Shift Power Dynamics
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Kumagai, Yuri; Sato, Shinji – Critical Studies in Education, 2009
Traditionally, the goal of foreign language education has been to teach learners linguistic and cultural knowledge so that they could function successfully in the target language and cultural environment. But does demonstrating knowledge always help learners accomplish their interactional goals? To explore this question, this study investigate…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Cultural Context, Japanese, Second Languages