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Roads Not Travelled, Roads Ahead : How the Theory of Practice Architectures Is Travelling
Kemmis, Stephen Wilkinson, Jane Edwards-Groves, Christine
Kemmis, Stephen
Wilkinson, Jane
Edwards-Groves, Christine
Abstract
This chapter asks how the theory of practice architectures is travelling, in terms of the way it has been used, primarily in this volume. The chapter (1) clarifies some key terms in the theory including (a) the relationship between practices and practice architectures, (b) the ideas of ‘enabling’ and ‘constraining’, and (c) the relationship between the theory of practice architectures and the theory of ecologies of practices. The chapter also addresses (2) the ubiquity of contestation and variation in the formation, conduct, reproduction, and transformation of practices and practice architectures to dispel the perception of ‘seamless’ harmony between practices and the practice architectures that sustain them. It examines (3) the question of agency and how it is evident in the formation and conduct of practices. Finally, the chapter addresses (4) the centrality to the theory of the notion of intersubjective spaces. The chapter concludes with some remarks encouraging critical use of the theory.
Keywords
Semantic Space, School Site, Practice Theory, Human Sociality, Student Misbehaviour
Date
2015
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Book chapter
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Exploring Education and Professional Practice : Through the Lens of Practice Architectures
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239-256
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School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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