BCTF’s Teacher Newsmagazine just published an essay by UBC graduate student Tobey Steeves that aims to “map the winners and losers within BC\u2019s education policy-making arena.” <\/p>\n
Teacher Newsmagazine (May\/June 2012)<\/p>\n
Mapping desire and power within the field of education policy in BC <\/a><\/p>\n By Tobey Steeves <\/p>\n In their overview of qualitative interviewing (QI) as research methodology, Kvale & Brinkmann (2009) insist \u201c\u2026knowledge is power. The social practice of research interviewing may become a form of democratic practice that can be used to help create a free democratic society.\u201d With this generalized goal in mind, I initiated an interview-based research inquiry into education policy in British Columbia. Beginning with the question: What desires are privileged by education policy in BC?, I solicited the participation of a well-established policy maker\/ analyst and organized a series of questions that were designed to elicit a rudimentary outline of education policy in BC as a field of power. Phrased more succinctly, I used targeted questions to map the winners and losers within BC\u2019s education policy-making arena. \u2026<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BCTF’s Teacher Newsmagazine just published an essay by UBC graduate student Tobey Steeves that aims to “map the winners and losers within BC\u2019s education policy-making arena.” Teacher Newsmagazine (May\/June 2012) Mapping desire and power within the field of education policy … Continue reading