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B.07. Educators as Agents of Change: Enacting Transformative Education in Practice (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02 Convenor(s): Luisa Conti (University of Jena, Germany); Paolo Bonafede (Università degli Studi di Trento) | |
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Transformative Practices for Democratic and Sustainable Education in everyday school life: Empirical insights from German schools Freie Universität Berlin, Germany In response to multiple crises, debates increasingly link transformative education with civic education (e.g. Hoggan-Kloubert und Mabrey 2022) and education for sustainability (e.g. Sterling 2010). Scholars emphasized that citizens committed to living in a democracy must be open to transforming themselves and the world around them, as they should critically examine themselves, society, and the world, and align their own perspective on the world accordingly (Hoggan-Kloubert und Mabrey 2022, 169). Moreover, transformative education may support the collective search for answers for a sustainable future (Singer-Brodowski 2023, 20625), taking into account the handling of ambiguities, uncertainties, and controversies (Singer-Brodowski 2023, 20625; Pettig und Ohl 2023). Accordingly, educational settings are tasked with creating opportunities for educational practices at the intersection of these aspects of transformative, political, and sustainable education. Despite these conceptual links, little is known yet about how they unfold in everyday educational practice. This presentation examines such moments of transformative education in schools as one of the most important educational institutions. Drawing on a practice perspective that includes the involvement of all participants and contextual factors (Breidenstein 2008, 110), the focus shifts to different actors in the field, including students and teachers. It also examines both planned and unplanned spaces in which transformative educational practices can occur. Using ethnographic data from a project in German schools, the presentation analyzes situations in which political and sustainable aspects are addressed in routine school life. The presentation concludes with a discussion guided by the following questions, based on the findings:
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