{"title":"Matters of care in Alberta's \"Inspiring Education\" policy : a critical feminist discourse analysis","authors":"Laura Bohachyk","doi":"10.14288/1.0166108","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Using the ethics of care as a theoretical lens, alongside the techniques of discourse analysis, I critically analyze texts from Alberta’s Inspiring Education policies. On the basis of this analysis, I identify two discourses: the sentimental treatment of care and the “facilitator discourse.” I argue that a caring teacher-student relationship is more complex than a doting teacher responding to the desires of a “learner.” We must begin to reflect in educational policies the reciprocity of caring educational relationships, the rightness of mutually accepted authority, and the skills required to competently perform the work of caring. Adoptant la perspective theorique de l’ethique des soins et m’appuyant sur les techniques de l’analyse du discours, je fais une analyse critique de textes tires des politiques albertaines sur l’inspiration et l’education. A partir de l’analyse, j’identifie deux discours : la perspective sentimentale des soins et le discours « facilitateur ». Je maintiens qu’un rapport chaleureux entre un enseignant et un eleve est plus complexe que les actions d’un enseignant adorant qui repond aux desirs d’un « apprenant ». Nos politiques en matiere d’education doivent commencer a refleter la reciprocite des rapports educatifs chaleureux, la justesse d’une autorite mutuellement acceptee et les habiletes necessaires pour bien accomplir le travail en soins dans un milieu scolaire.","PeriodicalId":35607,"journal":{"name":"Alberta Journal of Educational Research","volume":"62 1","pages":"389-404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alberta Journal of Educational Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0166108","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Using the ethics of care as a theoretical lens, alongside the techniques of discourse analysis, I critically analyze texts from Alberta’s Inspiring Education policies. On the basis of this analysis, I identify two discourses: the sentimental treatment of care and the “facilitator discourse.” I argue that a caring teacher-student relationship is more complex than a doting teacher responding to the desires of a “learner.” We must begin to reflect in educational policies the reciprocity of caring educational relationships, the rightness of mutually accepted authority, and the skills required to competently perform the work of caring. Adoptant la perspective theorique de l’ethique des soins et m’appuyant sur les techniques de l’analyse du discours, je fais une analyse critique de textes tires des politiques albertaines sur l’inspiration et l’education. A partir de l’analyse, j’identifie deux discours : la perspective sentimentale des soins et le discours « facilitateur ». Je maintiens qu’un rapport chaleureux entre un enseignant et un eleve est plus complexe que les actions d’un enseignant adorant qui repond aux desirs d’un « apprenant ». Nos politiques en matiere d’education doivent commencer a refleter la reciprocite des rapports educatifs chaleureux, la justesse d’une autorite mutuellement acceptee et les habiletes necessaires pour bien accomplir le travail en soins dans un milieu scolaire.
期刊介绍:
The Alberta Journal of Educational Research is a quarterly journal devoted to the dissemination, criticism, interpretation, and encouragement of all forms of systematic inquiry into education and fields related to or associated with education