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01.11.2011 | Empirical Study

Interobjectivity and Interactivity: Material Objects and Discourse in Class

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Abstract

In classroom teaching, material objects like the blackboard play an important role. Yet qualitative research on education has largely ignored this material dimension of education and focused on interaction and discourse. Both dimensions are, however, closely related to each other. Material objects are embedded in classroom discourse and are transformed into knowledge objects by speech acts, and in turn structure discussions and constitute a point of reference for school lessons. Drawing on ethnographic research on classroom lessons in mathematics and science classes in German high schools, we propose a perspective that recognizes both the materiality of teaching and its interactive dimension.

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Fußnoten
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After elementary school (grades 1–4) students enter the first phase of secondary school (grades 5–9/10) in one of three different types of school (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) which are differentiated according to their emphasis on either practical or theoretical knowledge. The second phase of secondary school (grades 11–12/13) takes place in the Gymnasium only, leading to a higher education entrance qualification (Abitur).
 
2
The identities of our participants have been disguised using pseudonyms.
 
3
Cavalieri’s principle states (inter alia) that the volume of two prisms is equal, if the area of their bases and their height are equal.
 
4
In this paper, we limit our analysis to demonstration experiments and refrain from discussing hands-on experiments.
 
5
For an account of the history and the role of the blackboard in American mathematics teaching see Kidwell et al. (2008: 21–34).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Interobjectivity and Interactivity: Material Objects and Discourse in Class
verfasst von
Herbert Kalthoff
Tobias Roehl
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2011
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Human Studies / Ausgabe 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0163-8548
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-851X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-011-9204-y

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