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The Fabrication of the Autonomous Learner - Ethnographies of Educational Practices in Switzerland, France and Germany
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The Fabrication of the Autonomous Learner - Ethnographies of Educational Practices in Switzerland, France and Germany
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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. In view of
the yet unknown requirements of the knowledge economy, students are
demanded to take more responsibility for their learning and to
become self-reliant, independent, lifelong learners. In turn,
teachers are asked to tailor education to the individual needs of
their students and to foster their individual learning
trajectories. Based on in-depth fieldwork and long-term observation
of interactions in classrooms and other scholastic settings,
scholars from three European countries – France, Germany and
Switzerland – show how the translation of the figure of the
‘autonomous learner’ into classrooms is shaped by distinct
cultural traditions. Chapters analyse teaching routines and
conceptions of self-reliance involved in autonomy-oriented settings
and discuss how these change the sociality of the classroom. They
scrutinize how autonomy is used to differentiate between students
and how it contributes to the reproduction of social inequality.
The book brings into dialogue two neighbouring research traditions
that research autonomous learning from a sociological perspective
and which have largely ignored each other until now. In so doing,
the contributions engage a critical perspective for a careful
empirical analysis in order to better understand what is being done
in the name of autonomy. Providing insight into the many facets of
developing and nurturing self-standing pupils across various
educational contexts, this is ideal reading for scholars in the
field of education, as well as teachers and decision-makers across
the educational sector.
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