Can the Subaltern 'Speak' Science? An Intersectional Analysis of Performances of 'Talking Science through Muscular Intellect' by 'Subaltern' Students in UK Urban Secondary Science Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Archer, Louise; Nomikou, Effrosyni; Mau, Ada; King, Heather; Godec, Spela; DeWitt, Jennifer; Dawson, Emily
Titel	Can the Subaltern 'Speak' Science? An Intersectional Analysis of Performances of 'Talking Science through Muscular Intellect' by 'Subaltern' Students in UK Urban Secondary Science Classrooms
Quelle	In: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 14 (2019) 3, S.723-751 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Archer, Louise)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1502
DOI	10.1007/s11422-018-9870-4
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Group Discussion; Working Class; Males; Ethnic Groups; Competition; Classroom Communication; Gender Differences; Social Justice; Teaching Methods; Science Teachers; Performance; Self Concept; Urban Schools; Power Structure; Student Attitudes; Group Dynamics; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Gruppendiskussion; Arbeiterklasse; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ethnie; Wettkampf; Klassengespräch; Geschlechterkonflikt; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Achievement; Leistung; Selbstkonzept; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schülerverhalten; Gruppendynamik
Abstract	This paper draws on Judith Butler's concepts of "intelligibility" and "identity as performance" to make sense of enactments of 'subaltern' (that is, subordinated) urban students within secondary school science. Understanding classrooms as constituted by complex power struggles for voice, authenticity and recognition, the paper offers an in-depth exploration of a particular dominant performance of science that was enacted across classes by some students--and which curtailed the possibilities for other students in terms of who can, and cannot, be intelligible in school science. Analysing data from 9 months of observations conducted with nine teachers and c. 200 students aged 11-15 from six London schools and 13 discussion groups with 59 of these students, a dominant performance was identified across the classrooms of 'talking science through muscular intellect'. This was predominantly enacted by a small group of working-class boys from a range of ethnic backgrounds and was generally recognised as an authentic and legitimate performance of science by both teachers and other students. These performances comprised three main elements: competition; dominating and controlling class science talk; and policing the science talk of others. However, such performances were experienced ambiguously by teachers and were viewed negatively by Other students, notably girls and 'quiet' boys, due to silencing their contributions and limiting the range of ways that Others might be recognised as intelligible science students. The paper concludes by reflecting on the implications of the dominance of performances of 'talking science through muscular intellect' for students, teachers and social justice approaches to science education. (As Provided).
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