Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change : Foucault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education

-David Blades, in 'Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change', has captured the complexity and ambiguity of curriculum decision making in senior school science in a fascinating and illuminative way.- (Peter Fensham, Monash University, Australia)
-David Blades has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the politics of curriculum change. Using Foucault's concept of power, he points out the way power circulated through an abortive effort to change a provincial secondary school science curriculum. Rather than despairing of possibilities for meaningful change, Dr. Blades employs an imaginative text to narrate new possibilities for teachers, students, and policy makers. This is groundbreaking work.- (Terry Carson, University of Alberta, Canada)
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