The Fabrication of the Autonomous Learner

ISBN-13: 9781032460079 / Twarda / 2023 / 248 str.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.