This Ain’t Talk Therapy: Problematizing and Extending Anti-Oppressive Education
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Title
Educational Researcher
Publisher
American Educational Research Association
Publication Date
4-2002
Abstract/ Summary
Kumashiro (2001 ) argues that the "posts" perspectives-poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism-are useful in furthering an anti-oppressive education in the core disciplines. This response elucidates some of the shortcomings of Kumashiro's article, namely its misinterpretation of notions of oppression, rationality, and the individual within a "posts" perspective. A Foucauldian lens is employed to provide an alternative means by which to further a more constructive and less constrictive classroom environment. Specifically, this article suggests that a "posts" classroom must work under the construct of a "weak overcoming" that focuses on the structure of schooling and the organization of classroom practice.
Repository Citation
Butin, D. W.
(2002). This Ain’t Talk Therapy: Problematizing and Extending Anti-Oppressive Education. Educational Researcher, 31(3), 14-16.
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