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Moving Between Discourses: From Learning-As-Acquisition to Learning-As-Participation
written by Anna Sfard
In this paper I address the question of how to talk about learning so as to be able to cope with at least some of the longstanding quandaries and to arrive at new insights. After a very brief historical review, I concentrate on two basic metaphors for learning in which current educational research seems to be grounded: the metaphors of learning-as-acquisition and of learning-as-participation. After stating the importance of both of these approaches and arguing that researches should be adjusting their leading metaphors to the questions they ask, I present my own choice: a brand of participationist discourse which is grounded in the vision of thinking as a form of communication and of physics and mathematics as types of discourses. The usefulness of the proposed way of talking about learning is then illustrated with the help of empirical materials taken from my recent study on a 7th grade class just introduced to negative numbers.
Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009
Volume 1179, Pages 55-58
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© 2009 American Institute of Physics
A preprint of the work is available. A hard copy of the PERC 2009 proceedings is also available.
DOI:
10.1063/1.3266753
PACSs:
01.40.gb
01.40.Ha
Keywords:
Acquisitionism, PERC 2009, commognition, discourse, learning, participationism
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A. Sfard, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9900&DocID=1532).
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A. Sfard, Moving Between Discourses: From Learning-As-Acquisition to Learning-As-Participation, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9900&DocID=1532>.
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Sfard, A. (2009, July 29-30). Moving Between Discourses: From Learning-As-Acquisition to Learning-As-Participation. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9900&DocID=1532
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Sfard, Anna. "Moving Between Discourses: From Learning-As-Acquisition to Learning-As-Participation." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9900&DocID=1532 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Sfard, Anna. "Moving Between Discourses: From Learning-As-Acquisition to Learning-As-Participation." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 55-58 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9900&DocID=1532>.
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@inproceedings{ Author = "Anna Sfard", Title = {Moving Between Discourses: From Learning-As-Acquisition to Learning-As-Participation}, BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2009}, Pages = {55-58}, Address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan}, Series = {PER Conference Invited Paper}, Volume = {1179}, Month = {July 29-30}, Year = {2009} }
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