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The errors of redemptive sociology or giving up on hope and despair

Stephen J. Ball1•
University College London1
28 Aug 2020-British Journal of Sociology of Education (Routledge)-Vol. 41, Iss: 6, pp 870-880
TL;DR: The authors consider the sociology of education as a modern human science and suggest that SOE is mired in a set of unreflexive, redemptive, Enlightment rationalities.
Abstract: This paper considers the sociology of education (SOE) as a modern human science. It suggests that the SOE is mired in a set of unreflexive, redemptive, Enlightment rationalities, and explores the m...

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Against school: an epistemological critique

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Stephen J. Ball, Jordi Collet-Sabé
01 Jul 2021-Discourse: Studies in The Cultural Politics of Education
TL;DR: The authors argue that the modern school is an "intolerant" institution and the modern education system is an 'intolerable' institution, contrary to the sensibilities of educational research that look for more and/or better schooling as a way of making educati...
Abstract: The paper argues that the modern school is an ‘intolerable’ institution.1 Contrary to the sensibilities of educational research that look for more and/or better schooling as a way of making educati...

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Multiple Temporalities in Critical Policy Sociology in Education.

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Bob Lingard1•
Australian Catholic University1
09 Mar 2021-Critical Studies in Education
TL;DR: The authors argue that more focus on the temporal is needed in critical policy sociology in education and extend the concept of "historical informed" as included in the foundational definition of Policy Sociology in education proffered by Jenny Ozga.
Abstract: This paper argues that more focus on the temporal is needed in critical policy sociology in education. In so asserting, the paper extends the concept of ‘historically informed’ as included in the foundational definition of policy sociology in education proffered by Jenny Ozga. There are four foci to this extension to encompass the temporal, taken to refer to the complex relationships between past, present and future, namely: the changing historical concept/definition of policy; policy histories; the temporal construction work of policies; and changing spatio-temporalities and timespaces of policy in the context of globalization. To a considerable extent these have been neglected in policy sociology in education research and theorising and as such demand new research and theoretical work in the field. Looking back in time will help us understand the present and possible futures.

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  • ...See Ball (2020) for a Foucauldian-based critique of such a redemptive project....

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The banality of education policy: Discipline as extensive evil in the neoliberal era:

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Matthew Clarke1, Charlotte Haines Lyon1, Emma Walker1, Linda Walz1, Jordi Collet-Sabé, Kate Pritchard1 •
York St John University1
28 Aug 2021-Power and Education
TL;DR: The authors make a strong case that education and education policy in the neoliberal era, far from being a pure force for good, is implicated in nefarious effects at multiple levels (Ball, 2020).
Abstract: Education, at least in dominant media and political discourse , is often assumed to be a force for good, inextricably associated with hope and intimately linked to optimism about the prospects for better individual and social futures (Halpin, 2003; Tiainen et al., 2019). This assumption lies behind current anxieties about children’s ‘lost time’ as a result of school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. By contrast, in this paper, our contention is that a strong case can be made that education and education policy in the neoliberal era, far from being a pure force for good, is implicated in nefarious effects at multiple levels (Ball, 2020). These effects can be seen in the growing alienation of significant numbers of teachers and students from education at various levels (Hascher & Hadjar, 2018; Oleksiyenko, 2018; Tsang, 2018); they can be seen in the accusations that schools, in a range of global contexts, have been reduced to exam ‘factories’ (Coffield & Williamson, 2011; Hutchings, 2016; Kulz, 2017); and they can be seen in the growth of authoritarian models of schooling, involving ‘zero-tolerance’, ‘no-excuses’ disciplinary approaches. All these developments have undermined the presumption that education is an unquestionable force for good.

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  • ...By contrast, in this study, our contention is that a strong case can be made that education and education policy in the neoliberal era, far from being a pure force for good, is implicated in nefarious effects at multiple levels (Ball, 2020)....

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Ed-Tech Within Limits: Anticipating educational technology in times of environmental crisis:

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Neil Selwyn1•
Monash University1
10 Jun 2021-E-learning and Digital Media
TL;DR: This article pointed out that despite climate heating and rising ecological instability, environmental issues feature rarely in discussions of educational technology, and most commentators presume the continued unfettered use of such technologies.
Abstract: Despite climate heating and rising ecological instability, environmental issues feature rarely in discussions of educational technology. Most commentators presume the continued unfettered use of di...

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  • ...Most areas of education research share a ‘redemptive’ commitment to improving the lives of learners and teachers, or else righting perceived wrongs in the provision of education (Ball, 2020)....

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The research-policy relationship in environmental and sustainability education

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Mark Rickinson1, Marcia McKenzie2•
Monash University, Clayton campus1, University of Saskatchewan2
11 Mar 2021-Environmental Education Research
TL;DR: Within the field of environmental and sustainability education (ESE), the interaction between ESE research and ESE policy has received limited attention as mentioned in this paper, however, the research-policy re...
Abstract: Within the field of environmental and sustainability education (ESE), the interaction between ESE research and ESE policy has received limited attention. Beyond ESE, however, the research-policy re...

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  • ...And perhaps our research too often works with a limited view of what can or needs to be changed, not questioning enough the forms or procedures of education (Ball 2020)....

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Q1. What are the contributions in "The errors of redemptive sociology or giving up on hope and despair humanity does not gradually progress from combat to combat until it arrives at universal reciprocity, where the rule of law finally replaces warfare; humanity installs each of its violences in a system of rules and thus proceeds from domination to domination" ?

This paper considers the sociology of education ( SOE ) as a modern human science. The paper concludes by asserting to need for critique rather than simply criticism as a starting point for thinking education differently. It suggests that the SOE is mired in a set of unreflexive, redemptive, Enlightment rationalities, and explores the messy relationships of the sociology with education that result from this.