Overview
This book explores how psychologized language has come to dominate education and schooling. Taking a critical lens to some major constructs in education—e.g. the mind, the self, identity, emotion, emotional intelligence, motivation, culture, language and meaning—and their grounding in psychologized discourses, the authors suggest possible ways to overcome these psychologized discourses and remedy their consequences. The book invites readers to move away from static, reified conceptualizations to a more active, social understanding of what education is all about.
Full Product Details
Author: Zvi Bekerman ,
Michalinos Zembylas
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 2018 ed.
Weight: 3.947kg
ISBN: 9781137549365
ISBN 10: 113754936
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 03 October 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Psychologized language in education is one of the most important recent contributions to educational theory in the context of contemporary social sciences and humanities, and an investment into the field of ideas aimed at transforming educational practice. (Darko Strajn, International Review of Education, Vol. 65, 2019)
Psychologised Language in Education: Denaturalising a Regime of Truth is an interesting attempt to problematise the relationship between psychology and education and contribute tools to tackle the senses (or nonsenses) of education in contemporary capitalist societies. ... It can also help us to recognise that the most revolutionary action that scholars and educational workers can perform is to examine our language and to face educational practice optimistically. (Diego Palacios Diaz, Pedagogy, Culture & Society, February 11, 2020) Psychologized language in education is one of the most important recent contributions to educational theory in the context of contemporary social sciences and humanities, and an investment into the field of ideas aimed at transforming educational practice. (Darko Strajn, International Review of Education, Vol. 65, 2019)
“Psychologised Language in Education: Denaturalising a Regime of Truth is an interesting attempt to problematise the relationship between psychology and education and contribute tools to tackle the senses (or nonsenses) of education in contemporary capitalist societies. … It can also help us to recognise that the most revolutionary action that scholars and educational workers can perform is to examine our language and to face educational practice optimistically.” (Diego Palacios Diaz, Pedagogy, Culture & Society, February 11, 2020) “Psychologized language in education is one of the most important recent contributions to educational theory in the context of contemporary social sciences and humanities, and an investment into the field of ideas aimed at transforming educational practice.” (DarkoŠtrajn, International Review of Education, Vol. 65, 2019)
Author Information
Zvi Bekerman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. His main interests are in the study of cultural, ethnic, and national identity, including identity processes and negotiation during intercultural encounters and in formal/informal learning contexts. Michalinos Zembylas is Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus. He has written extensively on emotion and affect in relation to social justice pedagogies, intercultural and peace education, human rights education, and citizenship education.
