A Poststructuralist View on Student's Project Groups: Possibilities and Limitations

Autor/in	Christensen, Gerd
Titel	A Poststructuralist View on Student's Project Groups: Possibilities and Limitations
Quelle	In: Psychology Learning and Teaching, 15 (2016) 2, S.168-179 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-7257
DOI	10.1177/1475725716643925
Schlagwörter	Student Projects; Postmodernism; Problem Based Learning; Constructivism (Learning); Social Psychology; Group Activities; Higher Education; Research Projects; Group Dynamics; Foreign Countries; Observation; Questionnaires; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Universities; Power Structure; Theory Practice Relationship; Questioning Techniques; Data Collection; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulprojekt; Postmoderne; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Sozialpsychologie; Gruppenaktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Forschungsvorhaben; Gruppendynamik; Ausland; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; University; Universität; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Data capture; Datensammlung; Dänemark
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how poststructuralism and social constructionism can contribute to the empirical research on groups in problem-based learning (PBL). The paper outlines the analytical complexity and shows, through empirical examples, the potentials and limitations of this perspective as an alternative to traditional group psychology. While the potentials of poststructuralism and social constructionism as an analytical complex seem to be the endeavor for relentless critique, the limitations are the "empty subject" and the avoidance of any kind of normativity that leave no guidance for practice. Though both limitations raise serious problems for the practitioner, I intend to argue that the potentials of the analytical perspective are far more important than the challenges when it comes to social psychological research in groups in PBL. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01