Frame Genealogy as an Approach to Tracing Ideology in Education Policy Discourse

This article brings together discourse analysis, Foucauldian genealogy, and frame analysis to propose frame genealogy. Frame genealogy is an interdisciplinary approach that allows us to trace processes of socioeducational change and uncover relationships between the educational past and present. Aft...

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Published in:Cultural studies, critical methodologies critical methodologies, 2022-06, Vol.22 (3), p.290-301
Main Authors: King, Kelley M., Smits, Ryan M., Biritz, Rachel L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Discourse analysis
Education policy
Frame analysis
Interdisciplinary aspects
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Summary:This article brings together discourse analysis, Foucauldian genealogy, and frame analysis to propose frame genealogy. Frame genealogy is an interdisciplinary approach that allows us to trace processes of socioeducational change and uncover relationships between the educational past and present. After outlining the approach, we present its application in a study of Christian Right educational discourse. We demonstrate that frame genealogy can be used to identify discursive regularities between current educational discourse and policy and historical discourses of White and male supremacism while at the same time noting transformations and modifications related to the historically specific contexts. Frame genealogy also supports tracing elements in current educational discourse (e.g., discourses of choice and school failure). Such work exemplifies what Foucault understood as the meticulous work of rediscovering the historical, sociopolitical struggles enacted through policy discourses.
ISSN:1532-7086
1552-356X
DOI:10.1177/15327086221079412