Resonance as a conceptual lever for transforming educational practices and institutions
(2023) Resonance: the concept’s political uses and potential — Location: Louvain-la-Neuve (12.September.2023)
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- The purpose of this contribution is to make some tentative steps forward in determining how the concept of resonance might meaningfully participate in the transformation of educational practices and institutions. Rosa makes it clear that his concept is intended to be both descriptive and normative; here, I intend to explore its operational potential within the field of education. After briefly framing the issue of relational vs individualized educational goals, I put forward two hypotheses that open up avenues for further research. The first hypothesis explores the relationship between resonance theory and moral education through a confrontation with recent literature in education sciences on the development of responsibility. This follows the idea that, for educational policy to shift away from the skills approach that gels uncomfortably with resonance pedagogy, it would be interesting for the latter to articulate its capacity to effectively promote a wide range of desirable outcomes beyond the theoretically indigenous aim of dispositional resonance, integrating the legitimate ambitions of the skills paradigm but also those of ethical and civic education. The second hypothesis posits two ways that resonance theory might affect decision-making processes within educational institutions, examining the role that teachers might play in securing the institutional conditions of resonant pedagogical relationships. The paper closes with a short reflection on the practical distinction between resonance and responsiveness as conceptual levers for educational change.
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Cuneen, N. (2023). Resonance as a conceptual lever for transforming educational practices and institutions. Resonance: the concept’s political uses and potential, Louvain-la-Neuve. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/242868