Od kultur uczenia się do kultur edukacyjnych. Wartości i sądy w badaniach pedagogicznych oraz w pracy nad postępami w kształceniu

• Authors: Gert Biesta

Title variants

EN

From Learning Cultures to Educational Cultures: Values and Judgements in Educational Research and Educational Improvement

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article outlines a new approach to the study learning and the improvement of education. The approach consists of two elements: a theory of learning cultures and a cultural theory of learning. Learning cultures are different from learning contexts or learning environments in that they are to be understood as social practices through which people learn. Learning cultures therefore do not exist objectively, but only in function of concrete practices of learning. This requiresthe study of learning to “follow the learning”. In the cultural theory of learning, learning itself is seen as practical, embodied and social. While learning is often considered a descriptive term, it is argued that the use of the word learning always implies a value judgement about change (for example a change in cognition, behaviour or disposition). Unlike the study of physical objects such as trees or planets, the study of learning therefore needs to start from a conception of good or desirable learning. This becomes even more important when the cultural approach is utilised for the improvement of educational processes and practices. It is argued that in such cases we need to move from the notion of learning cultures to the notion of educational cultures. An educational culture is defined as a learning culture that is framed by particular purposes. A cultural approach therefore not only provides new ways for educational research and educational improvement, but also highlights that both research and improvement can only proceed on the basis of judgements about what counts as good or desirable learning.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Dolnośląskiej Szkoły Wyższej
• Journal: Teraźniejszość – Człowiek – Edukacja
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1(61)
• Pages: 47-58

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Gert Biesta

• Uniwersytet w Stirling, Wielka Brytania

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ISSN

1505-8808