In favor of a topological reading of curriculum policies
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Published: 2016-02-29
Keywords:
curriculum policy; agency; curriculum control
Abstract
This paper is constructed around two desires that, over the years, have led me to the work of Stephen Ball - to understand politics as significant in specific historical and cultural contexts, and to conceptualize political agency beyond structural determination. From the dialogue between the notion of network in Ball´s latest works and the discourse theory as formulated by Ernest Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, I argue in favor of a topological analysis of politics. I defend it as a way to better understand both the connections between the “political contexts” and the relationship between social [topological] structure and political agency. Although my focus here is the theoretical dialogues with which I have been working, I use fragments of my research on analyzing curriculum control in recent policies in Brazil as evidence to support my argument.Downloads
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Published: 2016-02-29
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Macedo, E. (2016). In favor of a topological reading of curriculum policies. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24, 26. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.24.2075