Disaggregating student resistances: Analyzing what students pursue with challenging agency
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 10:09authored byLanas, M, Michael Corbett
In this article, we look into student agency which challenges the existing structures and find that students assume such agency for a purpose: there is something they pursue instead of just resisting something. We raise some critical questions about the concept of resistance in educational thought based upon findings from two different qualitative research projects: one in Arctic Finland; and the other in coastal Atlantic Canada. In our research contexts, we have found that students pursue restoration as a means of self-regulation, relevant knowledge and trust in their own terms, and also pursue dialogue in which they are considered to be relevant actors. We conclude that the concept of resistance should only be used for intentional resistance, and that when there is such resistance, it should be considered to be a sign of seriously dysfunctional school environment which we conclude can best be addressed by place-sensitive, dialogical approaches to pedagogy and curriculum.
History
Publication title
Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research
Volume
19
Issue
4
Pagination
415-434
ISSN
1103-3088
Department/School
Faculty of Education
Publisher
Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Place of publication
India
Rights statement
Copyright 2011 SAGE Publications and YOUNG Editorial Group