The Fabrication of the Autonomous Learner (eBook, PDF)

Ethnographies of Educational Practices in Switzerland, France and Germany
Redaktion: Hangartner, Judith; Girinshuti, Crispin; Fankhauser, Regula; Durler, Héloïse

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a thorough and detailed analysis of how the figure of the 'autonomous learner' shapes educational practices. It unpacks the impact of current educational reform discourse that focuses on the individual pupil as a learner, while neglecting the social dimensions of classroom practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003806301
• Artikelnr.: 69059922

Autorenporträt

Judith Hangartner is Professor at the University of Teacher Education, Bern, Switzerland. Héloïse Durler is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Teacher Education, Lausanne, Switzerland. Regula Fankhauser is Professor at the University of Teacher Education, Bern, Switzerland. Crispin Girinshuti is Lecturer and Scientific Collaborator at the University of Teacher Education, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION 1: Effects of pedagogical approaches to foster autonomy in
preschool (école maternelle) and primary school 1. Autonomous workshops and
individual Montessori-type activities: An analysis of their effects on
learning and inequalities 2. Invented spelling for achieving literacy on
one's own: A persistent ideal of autonomy producing inequalities 3. The
"pedagogy of autonomy": Similar educational tools for a variety of teaching
practices 4. The didactics of autonomy in multigrade classrooms 5. "Notice
how you feel" and "train your brain." Mindfulness meditation as a
technology of the self in education SECTION 2: Teachers' guidance of pupil
autonomy in secondary schools 6. (Un)supervised autonomy: Getting pupils to
"take responsibility" for their learning 7. Doing reflexivity in a
self-directed learning setting 8. Group pedagogy and the acquisition of
autonomy in learning 9. Practicing social distinction when supervising
pupils' autonomous projects SECTION 3: Autonomy concerns in the context of
educational reforms: Inclusion and digitalization 10. Inside the "cocoon"
of special education classes. When autonomy serves as a gold standard for
reorienting children 11. On the norm of individual autonomy in school 12.
The (de)construction of the autonomous learner in a digitalized school
world