The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Learning Styles: An Essay on Megarianism and Emancipation in Educational Potentiality

Autor/in	Murphy, Michael P. A.
Titel	The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Learning Styles: An Essay on Megarianism and Emancipation in Educational Potentiality
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 39 (2020) 2, S.205-217 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Murphy, Michael P. A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-019-09698-5
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Style; Teaching Methods; Educational Theories; Educational Philosophy; Learning Theories; Metacognition; Classification; Ethics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Ethik
Abstract	The status of learning styles theory in educational studies is uncertain as we inhabit the liminal phase between the theory's death as proclaimed by educational psychologists who avow to have disproven it and whatever afterlife will follow. At this moment, with both past and future in view, that we have an opportunity to reflect on the foundational assumptions of the theory. Engaging in the growing community of Agambenian philosophy of education and the ongoing dialogue around educational potentiality, this article approaches learning styles theory as a paradigm of educational Megarianism. In this frame, the error of the learning styles theorists was not in the construction of a particular typology, but in the metaphysical approach to pedagogy. The reflection upon learning styles as paradigm also contributes a paradigmatic case of educational Megarianism to the discussion of potentiality in Agambenian philosophy of education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01