{"title":"Discourse Analysis as a Qualitative Methodology","authors":"J. Zajda","doi":"10.7459/EPT/42.2.02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The article analyses the term discourse and discourse analysis with reference to Foucault and other critics. Foucault used the role of discourses in wider social processes of legitimating power, and emphasizing the construction of current truths. The article argues that discourse analysis,\n as employed by Foucault, concentrated on analysing power relationships in society, as expressed through language and social practices. The article examines the use of genealogy, where Foucault attempted to trace the beginnings of internalised moral behaviour, or a reflexive relation to the\n self in human beings. Examples are presented of various approaches to discourse analysis, including deconstruction and preferred reading and interpretation of the text. The article concludes with the evaluation of discourse analysis as a qualitative methodology.","PeriodicalId":35223,"journal":{"name":"Educational Practice & Theory","volume":"42 1","pages":"5-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Educational Practice & Theory","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7459/EPT/42.2.02","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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The article analyses the term discourse and discourse analysis with reference to Foucault and other critics. Foucault used the role of discourses in wider social processes of legitimating power, and emphasizing the construction of current truths. The article argues that discourse analysis,
as employed by Foucault, concentrated on analysing power relationships in society, as expressed through language and social practices. The article examines the use of genealogy, where Foucault attempted to trace the beginnings of internalised moral behaviour, or a reflexive relation to the
self in human beings. Examples are presented of various approaches to discourse analysis, including deconstruction and preferred reading and interpretation of the text. The article concludes with the evaluation of discourse analysis as a qualitative methodology.
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Educational Practice and Theory in its 40th year of publication continues as an important independent forum for original ideas in education research relevant to aspects of education including K-12 schools, education reforms, teaching methods and educational leadership. Educational Practice and Theory is: -a refereed journal with a distinguished panel of consulting editors; -comparative in focus; -innovative, path-finding and provocative; -diverse with reports on a wide range of countries and themes, and -applied and theoretical.
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