John B. Krejsler, Associate Professor, PhD & M.Ed.
Department of Education, School of Education
University of Aarhus, Tuborgvej 164
2400 Copenhagen, DENMARK
and
Guest Professor at Research Group Work at School
Kristianstad University College, S-291 88 KRISTIANSTAD, SWEDEN
-Has presented papers regularly at conferences held by, among others, the Nordic Educational Research Association, the European Educational Research Association and the American Educational Research Association.
Research interests
Key research fields: university reform, teacher education, epistemology.
Key words for research in later years:
-University reform and academics’ work conditions
-Teacher education and higher education/universities
-Professional development and the restructuration of the public sector
-Power relations between professionals and their clients (in educational institutions).
-The use of individualising technologies in education (primary school and teacher education in particular)
Key theorists used
Mostly: Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, Jean Baudrillard, Jürgen Habermas
To some extent even: Axel Honneth, Jacques Donzelot, Niklas Luhmann, Pierre Bourdieu and others
KEY ENGLISH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS (Concerning Danish and Swedish language publications please contact me on jok@dpu.dk):
- Krejsler, J. (2007). Discursive strategies that individualize: Cvs and appraisal interviews. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Vol.20, No.4(July/August), 473-490.
- Krejsler, J. (2006a). Discursive battles about the meaning of university: The case of Danish university reform and its academics. European Educational Research Journal, 5(3 & 4), 210 - 220.
- Krejsler, J. (2006b). Education and individualizing technologies: Exploring new conditions for producing individuality. In T. S. Popkewitz, U. Olsson, K. Petersson & J. Kowalczyk (Eds.), The future is not what it appears to be - pegagogy, genealogy and political epistemology (pp. 193 - 212). Stockholm: HLS Förlag.
- Krejsler, J. (2005a). Professions and their identities: How to explore professional development among (semi-)professions. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 49(4), 335 - 357.
- Moos, L., Krejsler, J., Kofod, K. K., & Jensen, B. B. (2005). Successful school principalship in danish schools. Journal of Educational Administration, 43(6), 563 - 572.
- Krejsler, J. (2004a). Becoming individual in education and cyberspace. Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, 10(5), 489 - 503.
- Moos, L., & Krejsler, J. (Eds.). (2003). Professional development and educational change - what does it mean to be professional in education? Copenhagen: Danish University of Education Press.
- Krejsler, J. (2002b). Teacher professionalism and terminology of self-determination - is the modern teacher a social engineer or a true dialogue partner? Nordisk Pedagogik (Nordic Educational Research), 22(1), 25 - 37.
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Very interested in your area of : Power relations between professionals and their clients. Have done much reading on Foucault's "Lectures in Psychiatric Power (1973-1974), I like his notion in particular, regard medicale'.
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Very interested in your area of : Power relations between professionals and their clients. Have done much reading on Foucault's "Lectures in Psychiatric Power (1973-1974), I like his notion in particular, regard medicale'.
My name is Robyn, doctoral student from USQ. Welcome the opportunity to learn from your research areas!