Poststructuralism and Educational Research

Download or read book Poststructuralism and Educational Research written by Michael A. Peters and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does poststructuralism mean for authors such as Foucault, Lyotard, Cixous, Derrida, and Haraway, to name a few, and what significance does it have for educational inquiry? This book takes on these central questions and explores the impact of postructuralism in language that makes the basic issues at stake accessible for a broad readership. Michael A. Peters and Nicholas C. Burbules highlight the implications of a postructuralist stance for the conception of the research subject and examine its standards of validity and methods of investigation.