Thinking with Stephen J. Ball

Thinking with Stephen J. Ball
Title Thinking with Stephen J. Ball PDF eBook
Author Maria Tamboukou
Publisher Routledge
Pages 247
Release 2022-06-29
Genre Education
ISBN 1000599701

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This edited volume explores how Stephen Ball’s work has shaped the field of the sociology of education worldwide. Written by internationally based researchers who are Ball’s former PhD students, it draws on different strands of his work to show what it means to think, write, and do research inspired by Ball’s theory, methodology, and epistemology. The contributions revolve around a wide range of themes including: the ethics of doing educational research, disability studies, the bio-politics of the child’s soul, lived experiences of marginalisation in education, educating migrant and refugee women in the borderlands, and post-Brexit reflections on the Bologna process. Chapters draw on different lines of thought from the corpus of a significant and influential figure in the sociology of education to present, explicate, and discuss a wide range of research projects, themes, theoretical directions, as well as methodological approaches in the field of the sociology of education today. More than celebrating Ball’s scholarship, this volume shows new and innovative directions in the sociology of education. It will be highly relevant reading for researchers, scholars, and students in the sociology of education, educational policy, and politics and educational theory.

Thinking with Stephen J. Ball

Thinking with Stephen J. Ball
Title Thinking with Stephen J. Ball PDF eBook
Author Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher
Pages
Release 2022-07
Genre
ISBN 9780367694661

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The Education Debate

The Education Debate
Title The Education Debate PDF eBook
Author Stephen J. Ball
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 272
Release 2017-07-21
Genre Education
ISBN 1447339282

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Education is a hot-button political issue across the globe. It is seen as a crucial factor in ensuring economic productivity and competitiveness and in generating social mobility and tackling social inequality--but are these goals feasible or compatible? Focusing on education policy in the United Kingdom, Stephen J. Ball, in this fully updated third edition of The Education Debate, guides us through the flood of government initiatives and policies of the past twenty years. Ball looks at how policy interventions have changed the landscape and meaning of education, turned children into "learners" and parents into "consumers," and played their part in the reformation of contemporary governance.

Education Policy and Social Class

Education Policy and Social Class
Title Education Policy and Social Class PDF eBook
Author Stephen J. Ball
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 308
Release 2006
Genre Education
ISBN 9780415363983

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This book brings together in one place Stephen Ball's key writings. Drawing on over 20 years' work, Professor Ball has selected his most seminal work - from education policy and sociology to his work on education and social class.

Foucault, Power, and Education

Foucault, Power, and Education
Title Foucault, Power, and Education PDF eBook
Author Stephen J. Ball
Publisher Routledge
Pages 194
Release 2013
Genre Education
ISBN 0415895367

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Foucault, Power, and Education invites internationally renowned scholar Stephen J. Ball to reflect on the importance and influence of Foucault on his work in educational policy. By focusing on some of the ways Foucault has been placed in relation to educational questions or questions about education, Ball highlights the relationships between Foucault's concepts and methods, and educational research and analysis. An introductory chapter offers a brief explanation of some of Foucault's key concerns, while additional chapters explore ways in which Ball himself has sought to apply Foucault's ideas in addressing contemporary educational issues. In this intensely personal and reflective text, Ball offers an interpretation of his Foucault--That is, his own particular reading of the Foucauldian toolbox. Ideal for courses in education policy and education studies, this valuable teaching resource is essential reading for any education scholar looking for a starting point into the literature and ideas of Foucault.

Foucault and Education

Foucault and Education
Title Foucault and Education PDF eBook
Author Stephen J. Ball
Publisher Routledge
Pages 223
Release 2013-05-13
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1135174679

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First published in 1990, this book was the first to explore Foucault's work in relation to education, arguing that schools, like prisons and asylums, are institutions of moral and social regulation, complex technologies of disciplinary control where power and knowledge are crucial. Original and challenging, the essays assess the relevance of Foucault's work to educational practice, and show how the application of Foucauldian analysis to education enables us to see the politics of educational reform in a new light.

The Micro-Politics of the School

The Micro-Politics of the School
Title The Micro-Politics of the School PDF eBook
Author Stephen J. Ball
Publisher Routledge
Pages 330
Release 2012-05-04
Genre Education
ISBN 1136670599

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Stephen Ball’s micro-political theory of school organization is a radical departure from traditional theories. He rejects a prescriptive ‘top down’ approach and directly addresses the interest and concerns of teachers and current problems facing schools. In doing so he raises question about the adequacy and appropriateness of the existing forms of organizational control in schools. Through case studies and interviews with teachers, the book captures the flavour of real conflicts in schools – particularly in times of falling rolls, change of leadership or amalgamations – when teachers’ autonomy seems to be at stake.