The concept of alienation in educational psychology
History and perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12944258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evgeny Osin (0000-0003-3330-5647, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 79-88 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural-Historical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1816-5435 • E-ISSN: 2224-8935 |
| Publisher | Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.17759/chp.2015110407 |
| OpenAlex | W2580547897 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
The paper focuses on the explanatory power and limitations of the concept of alienation in educational research. Psychological studies of the phenomena associated with alienation (burnout, extrinsic motivation, cynicism, etc.) are limited by the context of individual mind, whereas the concept of alienation refers to a set of processes unfolding at both individual and sociocultural levels. The paper demonstrates the heuristic possibilities offered by the cultural-historical activity approach to meaning and meaning regulation in the analysis of alien-ation phenomena. The author reviews the findings of empirical studies of alienation in education, as well as existing theoretical works discussing the genesis of alienation and ways to overcome it. According to these works, the ongoing growth of the body of human knowledge results in increasing alienation in the educational context, but individual activity aimed at finding the meaning of collective action and of one’s place in it may help to overcome the challenge of alienation. Despite being too abstract to serve as a tool for designing psychological studies, the category of alienation may be useful for their interpretation, helping to integrate psychological findings into the interdisciplinary context, in order to review and improve existing educational institutions and practices
Alienation · Context (archaeology · Cynicism · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Educational Methods and Teacher Development · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Psychology of Development and Education · Social Psychology
Basic Individual Values, Work Values, and the Meaning of Work
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being
Burnout among high school students
Estrangement and Loss of Meaning
Autonomous self-control is less depleting
An Alienation Test
Helpful self-control
The Uses and Misuses of ‘Alienation’ in the Social Sciences and Education
Forgetting and remembering alienation theory
On The Meaning of Alienation
Alternative Perspectives on the Student Experience
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |