Practice Theory and Education - Diffractive readings in professional practice (Paperback)

Practice Theory and Education challenges how we think about 'practice', examining what it means across different fields and sites. It is organised into four themes: discursive practices; practice, change and organisations; practising subjectivity; and professional practice, public policy and education. Contributors to the collection engage and extend practice theory by drawing on the legacies of diverse social and cultural theorists, including Bourdieu, de Certeau, Deleuze and Guattari, Dewey, Latour, Marx, and Vygotsky, and by building on the theoretical trajectories of contemporary authors such as Karen Barad, Yrjo Engestrom, Andreas Reckwitz, Theodore Schatzki, Dorothy Smith, and Charles Taylor. The proximity of ideas from different fields and theoretical traditions in the book highlight key matters of concern in contemporary practice thinking, including the historicity of practice; the nature of change in professional practices; the place of discursive material in practice; the efficacy of refiguring conventional understandings of subjectivity and agency; and the capacity for theories of practice to disrupt conventional understandings of asymmetries of power and resources. Their juxtaposition also points to areas of contestation and raises important questions for future research. Practice Theory and Education will appeal to postgraduate students, academics and researchers in professional practice and education, and scholars working with social theory. It will be of particular interest to those who wish to move beyond the limiting configurations of practice found in contemporary neoliberal, new managerialist and narrow representationalist discourses.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2018
First published:	2017
Editors:	Julianne Lynch • Julie Rowlands • Trevor Gale • Andrew Skourdoumbis
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-61027-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education
LSN:	1-138-61027-5
Barcode:	9781138610279

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