Derrida: Deconstruction, Difference and Education

Introduction

The purpose of this article, prepared within the support of an institutional research project (DGAPA-PAPIIT IN401218, National Autonomous University of Mexico), is to present some of the contributions of the work of Jacques Derrida derived from the notions of deconstruction and difference, and their application in the field of education. The core argument consists in demonstrating that, with the use of these notions as analytical tools, it is possible to dismantle the structures of signification where the knowledge produced in this field is sedimented and set in motion. Thus, based on a brief exercise drawn from deconstruction analysis, this work presents an application of the reading strategies followed in the review of discussions on two focal concepts in the field, pedagogy and educational sciences, by classical authors of western thought on education, with emphasis on the importance of their reflections on the scientific basis and prescriptive nature of pedagogy as an...