A Foucauldian Perspective on Student Experiences of Family Discourses in Post-Primary Schools

Autor/in	Desmond, Ann-Marie
Titel	A Foucauldian Perspective on Student Experiences of Family Discourses in Post-Primary Schools
Quelle	In: Irish Educational Studies, 35 (2016) 4, S.319-336 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0332 3315
DOI	10.1080/03323315.2016.1243068
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Experience; Family (Sociological Unit); Family Structure; Discourse Analysis; Postmodernism; Philosophy; Interviews; Secondary School Students; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studienerfahrung; Familie; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Diskursanalyse; Postmoderne; Philosophie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sekundarschüler; Irland
Abstract	This work involves researching normative family discourses which are mediated through post-primary settings. The traditional family, consisting of father, mother and children all living together in one house (nuclear) is no longer reflective of the home situation of many Irish students [Lunn, P., and T. Fahey. 2012. "Households and Family Structures in Ireland: A Detailed Statistical Analysis of Census 2006". Dublin: ESRI]. My study problematises micro practices involving families as reported by students in three post-primary schools, to report how family differences are managed and (mis)recognised from their lens. The influence of the dominant educational discourses (contextual and textual), are also considered. A framework using Foucauldian post-structural critical analysis traces family profiling through normalising discourses such as notes home which presume two parents together. Teacher assumptions about heterosexual two-parent families make it difficult for students to be open about a family set-up that is constructed as "different" to the rest of the schools. My findings will be of interest to educational research and policy-makers because they highlight how changing demographics such as family compositions are mis-conceptualised in schools, leading to issues of injustice such as bullying and isolation for the students involved. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01