Anthropological Theory of Didactics: Recent advances
Doctoral course in didactics of math/science (math/science education research)
Is your doctoral research about designing or analysing math/science teaching? If so, this course may be for you!
The Anthropological Theory of Didactics (or ATD) is a research programme which studies the phenomena that are characteristic of teaching and learning. Beginning with the recognition that any teaching system includes the teacher, the learner and, importantly, the taught content, ATD has developed from a mainly descriptive theoretical framework to a structure that includes both analytic and normative notions.
Although it was developed in a mathematics context, the theoretical notions from the ATD framework have proven to be strong tools for both analysis and design in subjects such as biology and physics, and even music. ATD is based on the fundamental constructivist premise that learners cannot passively receive knowledge that is transmitted from a teacher, but must re-construct that knowledge actively for themselves. Acknowledging that designing and understanding teaching situations in various disciplines cannot be undertaken with a one-method-fits-all approach, ATD provides the tools to tailor an analytic or design course to your specific needs.
The course is for doctoral (ph.d.) students with experience in education research who are interested in the recent advances in the research programme related to the Anthropological Theory of Didactics, in particular the research into institutional, technological and epistemic aspects.
The course will centre on a three-day session in October (29th – 31st) taught by our guest lecturers M. Bosch and Y. Chevallard, together with the course organizers (M. Achiam and C. Winsløw). Before this main session (by October 15th), the participants submit a five page description of their project to be discussed at the main session. After the main session (by December 15th), participants revise and elaborate their text to a 10 page paper; individual supervision on text writing will be available from the course organisers before both submission deadlines.
The course load is 5 ECTS corresponding to about 150 work hours for the participants. The course will be evaluated based on the 10 page paper elaborated by each participant as explained above.
Number of participants accepted: between 10 and 20
Deadline for registration: September 15th 2012
Financial issues: There is no participation fee. Lunch is included. Travel and lodging must be paid by participants or by their institutions.
Guest lecturers: Yves Chevallard, Université d'Aix-Marseille, France; Marianna Bosch, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
Teachers/organisers: Carl Winsløw & Marianne Achiam
Further information: Contact Marianne Achiam, Achiam@ind.ku.dk