Introduction
Educational policies have significant impacts on the lives of those involved, silencing or strengthening one mode of pedagogy over others in society. The way that issues are re/presented within policies limits what is considered to be desirable or even possible in society (Bacchi 2000). Consequently, looking into how a certain issue is problematized and framed in policies invites individuals to unpack the unspoken regulations and issues that derive from these policies. Examining a predominant parenting policy in early childhood education such as Incredible Years provides much insight into “what is unsaid yet present” assumptions and taken-for-granted values and beliefs in the current field of parent education.
Foucault’s concepts of “governmentality” and “discursive normalization” are...
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Bae, S. (2015). Incredible Years as a Tool of Governmentality: A Foucauldian Analysis of an Early Years Parenting Program. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_55-1
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