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Title: The Alchemy of Educational Reform Discourses in Contemporary Taiwan: Translation Processes, Limits, and the Political
Language: English
Authors: Yu-Chen Lin
Source: Cogent Education. 2024 11(1).
Availability: Cogent OA. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Principles, Teacher Role, Student Role, Global Approach, Democracy, Persuasive Discourse, Politics of Education, Textbook Standards, Textbook Selection, Textbook Evaluation, Educational Policy, 21st Century Skills, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Geographic Terms: Taiwan
DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2024.2322172
ISSN: 2331-186X
Abstract: Contemporary educational reform discourses in Taiwan call for the modernization of education to meet the needs of society of the 21st century. The principles and rules of 'reason' that historically order educational discourses can't be taken for granted. This article uses Popkewitz's notion of alchemy to think about the principles. The notions of democracy and globalization provide the analytic 'tools' to consider the processes of translation from political programs to educational reform discourses. It is argued that ironically the translation models of educational reform require a particular epistemological structuring of agency, but while recognizing how it does not produce harmony of what is being told in political programs. Three ways of thinking about the alchemy of political in educational reform discourses are offered. It then turns to the delineation of the changing role of teachers, students, and the textbooks that mapped the 'modern' child in educational reform discourses. The apparent paradox that evidences the limits of current discourses about democracy and globalization, then, has a critical reflection.
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