Building bridges and constructing walls: Subject hierarchies as reflected in teachers’ perspectives towards student influence

• Main Author: Bjarnadóttir, Valgerður S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2020
• Subjects: upper secondary education; student influence; subject hierarchies; pedagogic discourse; knowledge roadblocks; framhaldsskólar; nemendaáhrif; stigveldi námsgreina; orðræða uppeldis og kennslu; þekkingartálmun; Niemi; Nylund; Reisa; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3072

The aim of this study is to explore how teachers from various academic subjects and programmes describe their pedagogic practice, particularly regarding students’ opportunities to influence what and how they learn, and whether and how their descriptions reflect subject hierarchies. The study draws o...