This isn't my real writing
The fate of children's agency in too-tight curricula
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4255462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Haas Dyson (0009-0002-1327-3262, Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119-127 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Into Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00405841.2019.1702390 |
| OpenAlex | W2996073768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 11 |
In this article, I adopt a practice theory consideration of student agency, that is, I consider students' power to act on their interests and intentions, on their own inclinations; this will-to-act-on-the-world is central to becoming an active, adaptive participant across the life span. As practice theorist Shery Ortner has explained, none of us have unencumbered agency; we are all constrained and empowered by the institutional structures within which we live. Influenced by practice theory, I draw on ethnographic studies to examine the dynamics through which increasingly structured classrooms for young school children may dampen child agency or push it underground or out-of-school, thereby pushing out as well important dimensions of children's intellectual energy. I conclude with a consideration of what makes young children's composing, or any constructive and creative act, willful and intentional, that is, "real
Agency (philosophy · Curriculum · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
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| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |