Citizenship as individual responsibility through personal investment

Autor/inn/en	Pastuhov, Annika; Rusk, Fredrik
Titel	Citizenship as individual responsibility through personal investment - an ethnographic study in a study circle.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 9 (2018) 1, S. 95-108Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (4) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.25656/01:15533
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-155332
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Feldforschung; Soziale Interaktion; Ethnografie; Lernzirkel; Sprachfertigkeit; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englisch; Verantwortung; Erwachsenenbildung; Teilnehmer; Freiwilligkeit; Staatsbürger; Schweden
Abstract	The aim of this article is to shed light on how the democratic ideal of institutionalised Nordic popular education is realised through an ethnographic field study in an English as a foreign language study circle. The study focuses on how participants express their citizenship when taking part in the study circle. Citizenship is viewed as a dynamic concept comprising the aspects of 'being' and 'acting' and constructed in and through social interaction. The study circle is arranged as a classroom practice: The study circle leader organises the activities, while the participants engage in exercises and attempt to learn correct usage. Through their participation, the participants take individual responsibility for what they see as their lack of sufficient knowledge of English. The participants describe their participation as a personal and voluntary investment in themselves. In light of the study, the individual stance is discussed as limiting possibilities for responsibility and thus expressions of citizenship. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2018/4