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Theories of Learning as Theories of Society: A Contrapuntal Approach to Expanding Disciplinary Authenticity in Computing
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Journal of the Learning Sciences . 2021 30(2):330-349. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background: We outline a case for how the Learning Sciences is at a powerful inflection point where the "real world" needs to be seen as comprised of the political entities and processes in which learning happens. We seek to sharpen the principle that learning is political by elucidating historical and contemporary processes of European and U.S. imperialism that remain foundational to our field and by developing the argument that theories of learning are theories of society. Methods: Through a contrapuntal approach, which emphasizes a critical lens to analyze empire, we juxtapose notions of authentic practice in computing education with scholarship in sociology that brings the lives of tech industry immigrant workers to the fore. Findings: Our analysis reveals how the social construction of disciplinary and professional expertise in computing is intricately interwoven with historically persistent patterns of the appropriation of the lives and labor of "endarkened" people through systems of transnational migration and institutional forms of racial segregation. Contribution: A contrapuntal lens in the Learning Sciences prompts our field to embrace the necessary uncertainties and the theoretical and methodological possibilities that emerge when sites of learning and learning itself are recognized as political and as contestations of empire.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1050-8406
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of the Learning Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1298727
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2020.1828089