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Disaggregating student resistances: Analyzing what students pursue with challenging agency
Citation
Lanas, M and Corbett, M, Disaggregating student resistances: Analyzing what students pursue with challenging agency, Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 19, (4) pp. 415-434. ISSN 1103-3088 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 SAGE Publications and YOUNG Editorial Group
DOI: doi:10.1177/110330881101900404
Abstract
In this article, we look into student agency which challenges the existing structures and find that students assume such agency for a purpose: there is something they pursue instead of just resisting something. We raise some critical questions about the concept of resistance in educational thought based upon findings from two different qualitative research projects: one in Arctic Finland; and the other in coastal Atlantic Canada. In our research contexts, we have found that students pursue restoration as a means of self-regulation, relevant knowledge and trust in their own terms, and also pursue dialogue in which they are considered to be relevant actors. We conclude that the concept of resistance should only be used for intentional resistance, and that when there is such resistance, it should be considered to be a sign of seriously dysfunctional school environment which we conclude can best be addressed by place-sensitive, dialogical approaches to pedagogy and curriculum.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | rural education, resistance, culture, identity |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Continuing and community education |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in education |
UTAS Author: | Corbett, M (Professor Michael Corbett) |
ID Code: | 100552 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 13 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2015-05-20 |
Last Modified: | 2017-12-14 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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