Journal of Curriculum Studies · 2001 · 44 citations · 0 references
EducationInstructionScience EducationPedagogyScience Curriculum StudiesScience InstructionScience Education ApplicationsScience PedagogyCurriculum Materials DevelopmentScience Classroom DiscourseScience Curriculum Materials Analysis
School science discourse is analysed through professional research literature, curriculum materials, professional development materials, and popular and mass culture science materials, including the world-wide-web. The crucial role of fun is used as a node through which to understand how school science practice is intimately connected with theories of motivation so that school science practice can be interpreted as a technology of power. Web pages and television programmes are analysed as extreme cases of the application of this discourse, revealing an overarching representation of science curriculum. Alternative directions for classroom practice are suggested.