Article Review "Discourses of Inclusion: a Critique"

Article Review “Discourses of Inclusion: a Critique”.

Foucault’s notion of discourse (Critically thinking about recent discourse in inclusive education) Main target was self-evident of inclusion and interrogate, question for normalizing, hegemonic discourse and as a universalizing concept How the contemporary discourse of inclusion is constructed and organized in education with effects Multi-method research approach Questions( to whom inclusion is needed) Participants are teacher, educationist, lecturer(by online and give their opinion in written form).

Themes. (Discourses that are presented also appeared to reverberate with a recurrent inside/outside theme) Policy discourse: certain ways of thinking and acting become available to us, while other ways remain ‘un-thought and unperformed, Inclusion was seen as a good thing, but not for everyone Othering Discourse: Inclusion was heavily characterized by processes of othering. Its discourse appeared to be constructed within a powerful othering framework Self Discourse: Happiness, emotional well-being and engagement have become central concerns within UK policy. Self-esteem is in inclusion. Self-esteem closely associated happiness.

Analysis and result. Analysis the data in themes of ‘Policy’, ‘Othering’ and ‘Self’ Effects of inclusive education are discussed and it is suggested that newly emergent discourses of ‘self’ Neo-liberal forms of governance.

Conclusion. When the psychology-derived construct of self-esteem is viewed as a technology of the self, it evokes a particular form of individualism that involves work on, and investment in, the self. wider social practices relating to neo-liberalism. Emergent discourses of inclusion that focus on the self, and on the investment in self-orientated constructs, potentially serve the interests of neo-liberal forms of governance. newly emergent discourses of ‘self’ are compatible with neo-liberal forms of governance.

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