Hogan, Pádraig
(2013)
Cultivating Human Capabilities in Venturesome
Learning Environments.
Educational Theory, 63 (3).
pp. 237-252.
ISSN 0013-2004
Abstract
The notion of competencies has been a familiar feature of educational reform policies
for decades. In this essay, Pádraig Hogan begins by highlighting the contrasting notion of capabilities,
pioneered by the research of Amartya Sen andMarthaNussbaum. An educational variant of the notion of
capabilities then becomes the basis for exploring venturesome environments of learning: environments
that are hospitable to the cultivation of such capabilities among students and their teachers. In this
exploration Hogan emphasizes disclosing the kinds of relations that constitute such environments. In
particular, he identifies four kinds of relations and investigates the interplay among them. In the second
part of the essay, Hogan reviews an ongoing research project in Ireland that has been promoting such
environments in postprimary education: Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century. Although the
project avoids proffering universal claims about ‘‘what works,’’ its rationale and conduct nevertheless
call policymakers’ attention to what has worked and to the reasons why.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Cultivating; Human Capabilities; Venturesome;
Learning Environments; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
8570 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12021 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Padraig Hogan,
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| Date Deposited: |
08 Aug 2017 12:05 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Educational Theory |
| Publisher: |
Wiley |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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