Emerging approaches to educational research : tracing the socio-material / Tara Fenwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenwick, Tara J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research.

Education.

Education--Sociological aspects--Research.

Education--Sociological aspects.

Research.

Physical Description:

xi, 215 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

Education scholars Fenwick, Richard Edwards (both U. of Stirling, Britain), and Peter Sawchuck (U. of Toronto, Canada) argue that the shift towards materiality in learning that is occurring in other social sciences is also apparent in education. In this perspective, they say, the material world is treated as continuous with, in fact embedded in, immaterial energies such as certain social relations and human intensities. Therefore, they use the term sociomaterial. Their topics include complexity theory in education, cultural historical activity theory, actor-network theory, and spatial theory in educational research. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction : why socio-materiality in education?

Emergence and perturbation : understanding complexity science

Complexity theory in educational research

Contradiction and expansion : understanding cultural-historical activity theory

Cultural-historical activity theory in educational research

Translation and network effects : understanding actor-network theory

Actor-network theory in educational research

Spatiality and temporality : understanding cultural geography

Spatial theory in educational research

Socio-material approaches : contributions and issues for educational research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415570916

0415570913

9780415570923

0415570921

9780203817582

0203817583

OCLC:

755755706