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The professional identities of pedagogues working in youth clubs Caroline Bach
Christoffer Vengsgaard Lea Ringskou Thomsen
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Presentation
– Research topic
– Research question:
“ Which professional identities of the pedagogues working in youth clubs today can be constructed?”
– Theoretical framework (meget kort) – Research methodology
– Agenda: presentation the main narratives which we have identified so far
The in between pedagogue
The entnografic pedagogue
…… ? The business pedagogue
The gender pedagogue
The homely pedagogue The democratic pedagogue
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The democratic pedagogue
-Nickolaj: “We must make room for everyone, but not everything. That's our mantra!”
-Lone: We would like to help them become someone, rather than something”
–Theodor: It’s important that I'm a role model for young people. And answer their
questions when they are confused in life. And they are. It's teenagers we're dealing with.
(…) my job is to challenge their attitudes and perspectives on (e.g.) political issues. When it comes to politics we challenge them, we are constantly the devil's advocate….(the other day)… we talked about on fugitives and immigration…Throw them out of the country”
they said… and then I said: Do you know any immigrants or fugitives? They don’t! And hopefully they got something to think about- they need to learn to reflect on their
prejudice …
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Hank: …you have to ensure that young people find themselves invited into a
community based on dialogue…(and)… recognition. These are some of the most important principles… we want to make a youth house with co-determination…
self-determination… you have to involve the young in decisions about activities, frameworks and content… of course they must be asked: "What do you think?
Theodor: It’s my job is to explain to them that they also have a responsibility for the other people … and respect other people… in youth club and in society…
Trust and respect are the main things… we teach them to respect to each other and the club…that’s why none of the doors are locked…we trust our young people not to steel and damage the equipment. We have a
The pedagogue as businessman
Business language: buy, sell, customers, target group, store, supply and demand
– Hans: “We need customers in order to survive”
– Nick: By doing so, we have some offers that they can buy at primary schools. Besides the school catalog, they can also contact us and we will offer them an professional product. We (also) do a great deal for the upper secondary school (the 7th to 10th grade)….where they
can buy teambuilding for 750 DKK including food
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– Hans: If we have a non competitive offer, we have no customers and then we are out of business. So we have to be on the cutting edge all the time ... I usually say that the young people are “voting with their feet”. …So there are some …. market forces in the club area
compared to the school area and ordinary leisure time centers (SFO).
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– This means that the pedagogue has to be able to develop a product based on the target group, be able to make product analysis, and have the ability to be adaptable and motivated to do so.
Sum up- the two narratives
– The democratic pedagogue – Bildung tradition vs. the pedagogue as businessman – a NPM discourse.
”The pedagogue in between”
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The in between pedagogue
– The in between position both contains challenges and possibilities for the pedagogue…
Challenges:
– Risk of disappearing
- Constant struggle with other institutions in between.
- Constant product development Possibilities
- An alternative to the formal arenas
References
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– Klafki, Wolfgang 1975: Studien zur Bildungstheorie und Didaktik. 2.
revised edition. Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Verlag.
– Klafki, Wolfgang 1991: Neue Studien zur Bildungstheorie und
Didaktik: Zeitgemäße Allgemeinbildung und kritisch-konstruktiver Didaktik. 2. revised edition. Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Verlag.
– Klafki, Wolfgang 1996: ”Core problems of the Modern World and the Tasks of Education. AVision for International Education”. In: Education:
A Biennial Collection of Recent German Contributions in the Field of Educational Research, Vol. 53. Tübingen: Institut für Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit.
