Course Description

Readings in major texts of French poststructuralist theorist Michel Foucault and educational theorists who use his work.

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Athena Title

Foucault and Education

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

1. Students will learn Michel Foucault's place in French intellectual history 2. Students will learn Foucault's major analyses: power/knowledge reading, genealogy, archaeology, and care of the self 3. Students will learn the range of topics Foucault addressed in his work: discipline, madness, ethics, etc. 4. Students will learn how Foucault's work has been taken up and used by educators 5. Students will learn how to apply Foucaultian analyses to their own research projects

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Topical Outline

1. Introduction to Foucault in poststructural theory 2. Discourse 3. Governmentality 4. Archaeology 5. Genealogy 6. Power/Knowledge 7. Ethics-Care of the Self 8. The subject

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