What is a Significant Educational Experience
What is a Significant Educational Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Hinchliffe (0000-0003-4855-0864, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-431 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2011.00820.x |
| OpenAlex | W1939215296 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article analyses the nature of an educational experience by taking as its starting point Dewey’s Art as Experience in order to identify what it is that counts as a significant or worthwhile experience. Dewey suggests that an experience needs to have an integral character in which the different phases of the experience are related and which tends towards a conclusion. Furthermore, an experience also needs to have the character of what Dewey calls an ‘undergoing’, an engagement with content which may be difficult or painful. It is suggested that this kind of experience may be seen in terms of a ‘light’ pedagogy in which content is allowed to unfold. This is contrasted with educational experiences that are ‘teacher-driven’ or ‘learner-driven’
Character (mathematics · Content (measure theory · Epistemology · Higher education · Order (exchange · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Point (geometry · Sociology · Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |