Logics, Rhetoric and 'the Blob': Populist Logic in the Conservative Reforms to English Schooling

Autor/in	Craske, James
Titel	Logics, Rhetoric and 'the Blob': Populist Logic in the Conservative Reforms to English Schooling
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 47 (2021) 2, S.279-298 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Craske, James)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1002/berj.3682
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Political Attitudes; Politics of Education; Language Usage; Speeches; Educational Policy; Persuasive Discourse; Rhetoric; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Sprachgebrauch; Politics of education; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Rhetorik
Abstract	A lot has been written about the lasting implications of the Conservative reforms to English schooling, particularly changes made by Michael Gove as Education Secretary (2010-2014). There is a lot less work, however, on studying the role that language, strategy and the broader political framework played in the process of instituting and winning consent for these reforms. Studying these factors is important for ensuring that any changes to education and schooling are not read in isolation from their political context. Speeches particularly capture moments where intellectual and strategic political traditions meet, helping us to form a richer understanding of the motives behind specific reform goals and where they fit into a political landscape. This article analyses speeches and policy documents from prominent politicians who led the Conservative education agenda between 2010-2014 to illustrate how politicians mobilised a deliberate populist strategy and argumentation to achieve specific educational goals, but which have had broader social and political implications. Concepts from interpretive political studies are used to develop a case analysis of changes to teacher training provision and curriculum reform, illustrating how politicians constructed a frontier between 'the people' (commonly teachers or parents) and an illegitimate 'elite' (an educational establishment) that opposed change. This anti-elite populist rhetoric, arguably first tested in the Department for Education, has now become instituted more widely in our current British politics. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01