Open AccessPositioning Theory som pædagogisk teori – Til et forsvar for en svag pædagogik
Author(s) -
Morten Timmermann Korsgaard,
Stig Skov Mortensen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
studier i pædagogisk filosofi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2244-9140
DOI - 10.7146/spf.v3i1.6248
Subject(s) - element (criminal law) , epistemology , sociology , focus (optics) , education theory , process (computing) , moral education , computer science , philosophy , pedagogy , higher education , physics , political science , optics , law , operating system
The article addresses the emerging framework of ‘positioning theory’, which has become inuential in educational theory. We will present the central concepts and ideas of ‘positioning theory’ and subsequently how they are being used to contribute to educational theory. We will focus on an article by Svend Brinkmann where he uses ‘positioning theory’ as the foundation for moral education. Seemingly, Brinkmann uses ‘positioning theory’ rather uncritically in an attempt to ‘strengthen’ the educational process by introducing xed categorisations and concepts to it. Contrary to this approach, we will use the educational theories of Knud Grue-Sørensen and Gert Biesta to emphasise how we instead should recognise what is here de ned as the ‘weakness’ of educational theory, and how we have to consider both the adaptive element of education as well as the emancipatory element of it