Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices

Along with the processes of digitization, medialization and the globalization of communications and lifeworlds, new topics, subject matters, conceptualizations and methods have been deve­loped in educational research and practice. On the one hand, from a diachronic perspective we can notice how new...

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Main Author: Theo Hug
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Language:English
Published: Lillehammer University College 2013-11-01
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spelling doaj-art-9fb3cd2352a44b62887c10829548a9962018-08-24T13:48:18ZengLillehammer University CollegeSeminar.net1504-48312013-11-01922385Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive PracticesTheo Hug0Professor, Institute of Psychosocial Intervention and Communication Studies University of Innsbruck, Austria Coordinator of the interfaculty Innsbruck Media Studies research forumAlong with the processes of digitization, medialization and the globalization of communications and lifeworlds, new topics, subject matters, conceptualizations and methods have been deve­loped in educational research and practice. On the one hand, from a diachronic perspective we can notice how new aspects of education (Bildung), upbringing (Erziehung), learning and communication have been addressed. On the other hand, from a synchronic perspective we can see a simultaneity of the non-simultaneous in terms of understandings, approaches, methodologies and forms of mediation and collaboration. Although more and more open initiatives and open educational resources (OER), as well as international collaborations and transnational intellectual networks, are being brought forward, epistemological aspects about using different key concepts are widely underestimated. The paper starts with: (1) an outline of selected understandings of education and literacy, followed by (2) a discussion of critical epistemological aspects by way of contrasting and correlating conceptual dimensions. Lastly, the contribution aims at (3) a sketch of polylogical design principles for educational knowledge organization.https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/seminar/article/view/2385Blended learningdialoguesocial systemreflecting upon practicescooperative learningvideotaped meeting
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Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices
Seminar.net
Blended learning
dialogue
social system
reflecting upon practices
cooperative learning
videotaped meeting
author_facet Theo Hug
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title Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices
title_short Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices
title_full Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices
title_fullStr Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices
title_full_unstemmed Key Concepts in Education: Critical Issues beyond Definition and Discursive Practices
title_sort key concepts in education: critical issues beyond definition and discursive practices
publisher Lillehammer University College
series Seminar.net
issn 1504-4831
publishDate 2013-11-01
description Along with the processes of digitization, medialization and the globalization of communications and lifeworlds, new topics, subject matters, conceptualizations and methods have been deve­loped in educational research and practice. On the one hand, from a diachronic perspective we can notice how new aspects of education (Bildung), upbringing (Erziehung), learning and communication have been addressed. On the other hand, from a synchronic perspective we can see a simultaneity of the non-simultaneous in terms of understandings, approaches, methodologies and forms of mediation and collaboration. Although more and more open initiatives and open educational resources (OER), as well as international collaborations and transnational intellectual networks, are being brought forward, epistemological aspects about using different key concepts are widely underestimated. The paper starts with: (1) an outline of selected understandings of education and literacy, followed by (2) a discussion of critical epistemological aspects by way of contrasting and correlating conceptual dimensions. Lastly, the contribution aims at (3) a sketch of polylogical design principles for educational knowledge organization.
topic Blended learning
dialogue
social system
reflecting upon practices
cooperative learning
videotaped meeting
url https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/seminar/article/view/2385
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