Journal article
Interpreting a Kindergarten Episode through Three Perspectives on Agency
For the Learning of Mathematics, Vol.42(1), pp.25-30
2022
Abstract
This paper takes a 'networking of theories' approach to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of agency. We examine an episode, where a kindergarten teacher and nine children work on an addition problem, from three different perspectives: Valsiner's zone theory; Radford's theory of objectification; and Pickering's dance of agency. Our networking of these approaches offers a way of thinking about agency as 'forces' that emerge through activity and operate on human actions. We end the paper by indicating that ethics, as a human relation, may be a catalyst for bringing out the potential that lies in the other agentic forces.
Details
- Title
- Interpreting a Kindergarten Episode through Three Perspectives on Agency
- Authors
- Svanhild Breive (Author)Merrilyn Goos (Author)John Monaghan (Author)
- Publication details
- For the Learning of Mathematics, Vol.42(1), pp.25-30
- Publisher
- Queen's University, Faculty of Education
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99716098802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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