Agency and Assemblage in Pattern Generalisation: A Materialist Approach to Learning

Autor/inn/en	Ferrara, Francesca; Ferrari, Giulia
Titel	Agency and Assemblage in Pattern Generalisation: A Materialist Approach to Learning
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, 94 (2017) 1, S.21-36 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1954
DOI	10.1007/s10649-016-9708-5
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; Learning Processes; Human Body; Task Analysis; Mathematics Activities; Educational Environment; Learning Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Menschlicher Körper; Aufgabenanalyse; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Learning theory; Lerntheorie
Abstract	In this paper, we draw on the contemporary perspective of inclusive materialism offered by de Freitas and Sinclair to contribute to current discussions on the role of the body in the learning of mathematics. Using the notions of "distributed agency" and "assemblage," we illustrate the way in which three students engage with a patterning task. We discuss this as an example to show how the mathematics activity involves, besides the students' bodies, other materialities that populate the classroom, and "how" all the human and non-human bodies form a moving assemblage that constantly reconfigures and reorients learning. The inclusive materialism helps us talk about learning as a dynamic assemblage rather than in terms of individual achievements and directs attention to the material learning environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01