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Bridging inquiry and critique: a neo-pragmatic perspective on the making of educational futures and the role of social research.

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Title: Bridging inquiry and critique: a neo-pragmatic perspective on the making of educational futures and the role of social research.
Authors: Horvath, Kenneth, Steinberg, Mario, Frei, Andrea Isabel
Source: Learning, Media & Technology; Jun2023, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p280-293, 14p
Subject Terms: SOCIAL science research, SOCIAL justice, DIGITAL literacy, SOCIAL order, PERFORMATIVE (Philosophy)
Abstract: The making of digital educational futures raises pressing social justice concerns. Against this background, scholars face the challenge of bridging the tasks of investigation and critical engagement. Inspired by French pragmatic sociology, this article presents the notion of plural school worlds as analytical anchor point for dealing with this double-task coherently and productively. Varying understandings of what makes 'good and fair school education' are identified as defining features of different school worlds. These understandings (1) are historically entangled with social and political orders, (2) inform how we envision, enact, and evaluate possible educational futures, and (3) define a shared discursive space for exchange between various groups of actors. We claim that the notion of school worlds thus furthers both our understanding of persistent patterns of disadvantaging in digital education and our capacity for critical dialogue with involved actors through sensitizing explication, shifting problematizations and reflecting performativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The making of digital educational futures raises pressing social justice concerns. Against this background, scholars face the challenge of bridging the tasks of investigation and critical engagement. Inspired by French pragmatic sociology, this article presents the notion of plural school worlds as analytical anchor point for dealing with this double-task coherently and productively. Varying understandings of what makes 'good and fair school education' are identified as defining features of different school worlds. These understandings (1) are historically entangled with social and political orders, (2) inform how we envision, enact, and evaluate possible educational futures, and (3) define a shared discursive space for exchange between various groups of actors. We claim that the notion of school worlds thus furthers both our understanding of persistent patterns of disadvantaging in digital education and our capacity for critical dialogue with involved actors through sensitizing explication, shifting problematizations and reflecting performativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:17439884
DOI:10.1080/17439884.2023.2193412