Between the Social and the Selfish: Learner Autonomy in Online Environments

Autor/in	Lewis, Tim
Titel	Between the Social and the Selfish: Learner Autonomy in Online Environments
Quelle	In: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 7 (2013) 3, S.198-212 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-1229
DOI	10.1080/17501229.2013.836202
Schlagwörter	Personal Autonomy; Independent Study; Electronic Learning; Social Theories; Socialization; Tutoring; Computer Mediated Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Empathy; Altruism; Social Behavior; Social Exchange Theory; Cooperative Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Autonomie; Selbststudium; Gesellschaftstheorie; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Computerkonferenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Empathie; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Theorie des sozialen Wandels; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	This paper explores what it means to be an autonomous learner in an online social context. Using distinctions originally drawn by Jürgen Habermas, it argues that classic accounts of learner autonomy as teleological action are inadequate to explain learner activity in group settings. It points out that learners in such settings display attitudes and behaviours identified with human sociality (empathy, altruism, reciprocity, fairness and collaboration). It argues that, far from undermining the concept of learner autonomy, an understanding of these behaviours can lead us to a fuller picture of what autonomy may mean, when it incorporates the concept of respect for the autonomy of others. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01