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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792311403321

Autore

Fenwick Tara J.

Titolo

Actor-network theory in education / / Tara Fenwick and Richard Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-95287-X

1-136-95288-8

1-282-65962-6

9786612659621

0-203-84908-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EdwardsRichard <1956 July 2->

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

School environment - Social aspects

Distance education - Social aspects

Curriculum planning

Actor-network theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: A way to intervene, not a theory of what to think; Chapter 2: Knowledge, innovation and knowing in practice; Chapter 3: (De)naturalizing teaching and learning; Chapter 4: Entangling curriculum-making; Chapter 5: Networking technologized learning; Chapter 6: (Un)making standards in education; Chapter 7: Educational reform and planned change; Chapter 8: (Ac)counting for education; Chapter 9: (De)centring educational policy; Chapter 10: Messy research; Chapter 11: Translating ANT in education; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has enjoyed wide uptake in the social sciences in the past three decades, particularly in science and technology studies, and is increasingly attracting the attention of educational researchers. ANT studies bring to the fore the material - objects of all kinds - and de-centre the human and the social in educational issues. ANT sensibilities are interested in the ways human and non-human elements become interwoven. Since its first



introduction, actor-network theory has undergone significant shifts and evolutions and as a result, it is not considered to be a single