Figured World of History Learning in a Social Studies Methods Classroom |
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| Authors: | Cecil Robinson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research and Counseling, College of Education, The University of Alabama, Campus Box 870231, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0231, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper considers how one teacher educator, Dr. Gomez, took up revisionist history and inquiry in her social studies methods
classroom. The concepts of figured worlds (Holland et al., 1998) Holland, D., Lachicotte, W. Jr., Skinner, D., & Cain, C. (1998). Identity and agency in cultural worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press], and artifacts and mediation (Holland & Cole, 1995; Vygotsky 1978, 1986) Holland, D., & Cole, M. (1995). Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 26(4), 465–490; Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; Vygotsky, L. S. (1986). Thought and language. Boston: The MIT Press] are used to present a case study. The study focuses on the artifacts that made up the figured world
of history learning in Dr. Gomez’s social studies methods class and the learner identities afforded by this context. The purpose
of this study is two-fold: (a) explore how teacher education classes can recruit primarily white, middle class students into
a figured world of history learning that is culturally congruent with urban settings, and (b) demonstrate the application
of the figured worlds framework to the study of learning in a teacher preparation program.
Cecil Robinson is an assistant professor of educational psychology at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on social
studies teaching and learning, technology, democracy, and hope. Address correspondence to Cecil Robinson, Campus Box 870231,
Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research and Counseling, College of Education, The University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0231, USA; e-mail: crobinso@bamaed.ua.edu |
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| Keywords: | social studies teacher education learning artifacts |
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