Book chapter
The Risky Socioecological Learner
Arts-Based Thought Experiments for a Posthuman Earth: A Touchstones Companion, pp.57-69
Imagination and Praxis: Criticality and Creativity in Education and Educational Research, Volume 16, Brill
2022
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Abstract
This chapter seeks to enact socioecological portrayals of risk through artful thought experiments. Through scaffolded and considered risky activities, students and children are able to practise the skills to manage risks, exercise judgement and responsibility, and take the lead in their own learning processes. In a time where risk aversion culture is prevalent in schools, young people need exposure to scaffolded reasonable risk-taking activities to improve decision making and cope with unexpected events. As parents and educators, we have the opportunity to motivate children and students to engage ‘risk’ (and failure) as an opportunity to grow, and develop grit and resilience. This chapter captures the experiences of two teacher-parents as they embrace the risky business of teaching, and their two student-teenage-children as they encounter the risky business of learning. The form of this chapter, in its arts-based experimental portrayals that include the voices of young people, could also be considered a risk in academic publishing. Yet as the activities and the experimental presentation of this chapter reveals, when risks are calculated, and young people allowed their agency, socioecological learning flourishes.
Details
- Title
- The Risky Socioecological Learner
- Creators
- Jemma Lee Peisker - Southern Cross UniversityBen Ryan - Monkland State SchoolBilly RyanZiah Peisker
- Contributors
- Alexandra Lasczik (Editor) - Southern Cross University, Faculty of EducationAmy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles (Editor) - Southern Cross University, Faculty of Education
- Publication Details
- Arts-Based Thought Experiments for a Posthuman Earth: A Touchstones Companion, pp.57-69
- Series
- Imagination and Praxis: Criticality and Creativity in Education and Educational Research; Volume 16
- Publisher
- Brill; Leiden
- Identifiers
- 991013006698702368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter