Abstract

LUCAS, Julia. Meanings and ways of participation in school: the perspective of youth Argentinians. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp.396-416. ISSN 1409-4703.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/aie.v18i1.31810.

In recent years, the promotion of young people practices inside and outside the boundaries of school has become an object of special attention in Argentina, made visible thru implementation of diverse research lines, programs and projects, mainly in the governmental sphere. From a situational learning perspective, this article describes and analyzes meanings and significances that young students from secondary School give to their practices of participation in diverse curricular spaces. For that purpose, and based on an ethnographic approach, this research was developed on a fourth grade course of a Secondary School, located in Quilmes City, Province of Buenos Aires. Participant Observation and interviews were made to students between 17 and 18 years old, also to teachers and managerial staff. Diverse techniques, like students' reflections about filming of their own courses and reflective writing about their participation at the end of every course, were applied. These initial approaches show that "participating" implies for these students mainly to satisfy and to accomplish teachers' expectations and norms that lead life in classrooms. Therefore, to be or not to be approved becomes the motor of actions of daily life, even if going to School has a transcendental meaning for this youngsters. It is concluded that if actions in classroom are tied according to what "ought to be", then We must think about in which place stands all that happens in learning.

Keywords : young people; secondary education; learning; student participation.

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