From short excursions to long-term projects: agency, interest and productive deviations in school

Jaakko Hilppö; Reed Stevens

doi:10.1080/03004279.2021.1973530

From short excursions to long-term projects: agency, interest and productive deviations in school

Jaakko Hilppö^*, Reed Stevens

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School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

Students’ interest pathways are fashioned not only from existing educational resources and opportunities, but importantly also by extending beyond them. In this study, we conceptualise these extensions as productive deviations and engage in a comparative analysis of various productive deviations we have identified in our ethnographic study of seven 5th and 6th grade FUSE Studios–an alternative learning infrastructure for schools. Our analysis shows that the deviations can vary from short term excursions to semester-long projects and can also become the focus of other students’ interests.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	410-425
Number of pages	16
Journal	Education 3-13
Volume	51
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1973530
State	Published - 2023

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation [NSF grants DLR 1348800, DLR 1344724 and DLR 1657438]. We want to thank the teachers, students and their parents involved in this study for their time and help in making this study possible.

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Interest
STEAM
agency
creativity
ethnography

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Life-span and Life-course Studies

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