Tag: education
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II. Normalisation
The process of normalisation (in the Foucauldian context meaning ‘to refine and make everything the same’) within the school separates children from their individuality and binds them to collective standards. Examination is designed to reward children who have come to the same conclusion as each other or the same conclusion of adults and to view…
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Introduction to Ageism
Children make up over a quarter of the world’s population and childhood is the most “intensely governed sector of personal existence” (Rose, 1985, p. 121). This research will assess how much autonomy is given to a child in regards to the information they are legally obligated to consume, the weight of the incentive to recall…
