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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811910403321

Autore

Fenwick Tara J.

Titolo

Emerging approaches to educational research : tracing the sociomaterial / / Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards and Peter Sawchuk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-136-73017-6

1-283-35370-9

9786613353702

0-203-81758-3

1-136-73018-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EdwardsRichard <1956 July 2->

SawchukPeter H <1968-> (Peter Harold)

Disciplina

370.72

Soggetti

Education - Research

Education - Sociological aspects - Research

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and new dilemmas. This innovation was initially fuelled by the growing influence of conceptual framings often named as either post-structural or postmodern. The works of Foucault, Derrida and Lyotard have variously found their way into the canons of educational research, and in more recent years, the influence of the



work of Deleuze and Guattari has also grown. This work has proved controversial both in the challenges it has