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Title: Locating the Development of Interest: Tools for Studying the Mutual Constitution of Persons and Cultural Practices in Places
Authors: Penuel, William
Falk, John H.
Dierking, Lynn D.
Kirshner, Ben
Haun-Frank, Julie
York, Adam J.
Issue Date: Jul-2012
Publisher: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Citation: Penuel, W., Falk, J. H., Dierking, L. D., Kirshner, B., Haun-Frank, J., & York, A. J. (2012). Locating the Development of Interest: Tools for Studying the Mutual Constitution of Persons and Cultural Practices in Places. In van Aalst, J., Thompson, K., Jacobson, M. J., & Reimann, P. (Eds.), The Future of Learning: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2012) – Volume 2, Short Papers, Symposia, and Abstracts (pp. 326-330). Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Abstract: In this paper, we propose a practice-based theory and new methods for the study of interest development. The theory incorporates individual psychological perspectives, but it also theorizes the place-based nature of interest development and seeks to give an account of how persons and practices are mutually constituted. It also identifies roles researchers can play in diagnosing inequity and informing efforts to improve coordination and enactment of opportunities to generate and develop interest in particular content areas. We describe how the Synergies project, a longitudinal study of elementary-aged children's changing science-related pursuits and interests in a single community, is a context for developing this theory.
URI: https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2012.2.326
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