Relational agency and disposition in sociocultural accounts of learning to teach
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Relational agency and disposition in sociocultural accounts of learning to teach. / Edwards, Anne; D'Arcy, Carmen.
In: Educational Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, 01.06.2004, p. 147-155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Relational agency and disposition in sociocultural accounts of learning to teach
AU - Edwards, Anne
AU - D'Arcy, Carmen
PY - 2004/6/1
Y1 - 2004/6/1
N2 - We draw on two studies of student teachers as they learn about learning while interacting with pupils. We argue that the affective notion of relational agency needs to become more central to understanding pedagogy if we are to prepare learners for the demands of the knowledge age. Here relational agency is defined as a capacity to engage with the dispositions of others in order to interpret and act on the object of our actions in enhanced ways. The social practices of settings in which these dispositions for collaborative engagement are enacted are examined using the conceptual tools of sociocultural psychology and activity theory. Implications for both the learning of pupils and of student teachers are discussed.
AB - We draw on two studies of student teachers as they learn about learning while interacting with pupils. We argue that the affective notion of relational agency needs to become more central to understanding pedagogy if we are to prepare learners for the demands of the knowledge age. Here relational agency is defined as a capacity to engage with the dispositions of others in order to interpret and act on the object of our actions in enhanced ways. The social practices of settings in which these dispositions for collaborative engagement are enacted are examined using the conceptual tools of sociocultural psychology and activity theory. Implications for both the learning of pupils and of student teachers are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/0031910410001693236
DO - 10.1080/0031910410001693236
M3 - Article
VL - 56
SP - 147
EP - 155
JO - Educational Review
JF - Educational Review
SN - 0013-1911
IS - 2
ER -