Open AccessLe Petit Nicolas and the Ontological in Schooling
Author(s) -
Sharada Gade
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v11i2.953
Subject(s) - personhood , sociology , humanities , epistemology , art , philosophy
“School as a site for the production of persons” (Packer & Greco-Brooks, 1999) is discussed in this article through an exploration of children’s growth as students. Drawing on Nicholas’ school stories from Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacque Sempe’s well-known series entitled, Le Petit Nicolas, the kind of people we could become as students and teachers, even if fictional, is portrayed to highlight the importance of personhood and/or the ontological in schooling.