Out of the box: behaviourism and the mangle of practice |
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| Authors: | Antti Saari |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandAntti.W.Saari@staff.uta.fi |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTAlthough often labelled obsolete and ethically dubious, twentieth-century behaviourist principles of learning have been central to the development of instructional technology and the design of modern learning environments. Using Andrew Pickering’s philosophy, this article addresses behaviourism as a mangle of practice to highlight the conceptual and non-human agency involved in research on learning, and to analyse how these forms of agency allow scientific knowledge to travel from experimental research settings to teaching. |
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| Keywords: | Psychology of learning science and technology studies behaviourism educational research performativity |
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