On School Power and Powerlessness of Children
Vol.13,No.1(2008)
School and Location
Abstract
The paper points out the problems associated with the predominantly negative attitude in the educationalist discourse in the Slovak Republic towards investigation of school power. This attitude has to do with some serious theoretical and practical shortcuts and complicating factors. The author uses examples from practice to demonstrate the negative implications of this kind of attitude, pointing out the complexity of operation of power and the link between power and children’s freedom.
keywords: power; power relations; negative view on power; positive view on power
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