Habermas, Pupil Voice, Rationalism, and Their Meeting with Lacan's Objet Petit A

Autor/inn/en	Moran, Paul; Murphy, Mark
Titel	Habermas, Pupil Voice, Rationalism, and Their Meeting with Lacan's Objet Petit A
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 31 (2012) 2, S.171-181 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-011-9271-6
Schlagwörter	Educational Theories; Pragmatics; Democracy; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Academic Discourse; Evaluation; Communication (Thought Transfer); Educational Change; Academic Standards; Student Participation; Language Usage; Educational Philosophy; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Pragmalinguistik; Demokratie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Discourse; Diskurs; Evaluierung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Bildungsreform; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sprachgebrauch; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie
Abstract	"Pupil voice" is a movement within state education in England that is associated with democracy, change, participation and the raising of educational standards. While receiving much attention from educators and policy makers, less attention has been paid to the theory behind the concept of pupil voice. An obvious point of theoretical departure is the work of Jurgen Habermas, who over a number of decades has endeavoured to develop a theory of democracy that places strong significance on language, communication and discourse. This paper is an attempt to gauge the usefulness of Habermas' approach to understanding the theory of pupil voice, in particular how his theory of universal pragmatics lends itself to a "philosophy of between", a philosophy that finds echoes in the conflicted nature of schooling that "pupil voice" is supposed to rectify to some extent. The paper also explores the drawbacks of a Habermasian approach, in particular his overreliance on rationality as a way of understanding communication. Lacan's concept of the objet petit a is introduced as an alternative way of understanding pupil voice. (As Provided).
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