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- Title
A Concept of Power for Education.
- Authors
Nyberg, David
- Abstract
The article presents a discussion on the concept of power for education in the U.S. The idea of power has lain more completely neglected in educational studies than in any other field of thought that is of fundamental social interest. Power talk is conspicuously absent from schools and from educational literature. There is no theory of power that contributes much at all to understanding education and its importance in American society. It would seem that the customs and culture of educators prohibit the mere mention of power and censor the impulse to think seriously about it. One is more likely to hear singing in a bank than serious talk of power in relation to education. This claim may seem off the mark to readers who have seen such books as "Education As Power," "Education for Power," or "Power and Conflict in the University," for example. Surely these titles would indicate that power has been studied and analyzed as a concept in education. Instead of direct talk of power, however, what one hears is indirect and often euphemistic talk about authority, leadership, charisma, management, and motivation in school teaching and administration.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States education system; EDUCATIONAL literature; EDUCATORS; EDUCATION As Power (Book); EDUCATION for Power (Book); POWER &; Conflict in the University: Research in the Sociology of Complex Organizations (Book)
- Publication
Teachers College Record, 1981, Vol 82, Issue 4, p535
- ISSN
0161-4681
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/016146818108200405