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Authenticity work in higher education learning environments: a double-edged sword?

Hagvall Svensson, Oskar, 1990 (author)
Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Environment for Development (EfD),Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Adawi, Tom, 1970 (author)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Johansson, Anders, 1987 (author)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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2021-08-28
2022
English.
In: Higher Education. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0018-1560 .- 1573-174X. ; 84, s. 67-84
  • Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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  • Educational authenticity occupies a strong position in higher education research and reform, building on the assumption that correspondence between higher education learning environments and professional settings is a driver of student engagement and transfer of knowledge beyond academia. In this paper, we draw attention to an overlooked aspect of authenticity, namely the rhetorical work teachers engage in to establish their learning environments as authentic and pedagogically appropriate. We use the term “authenticity work” to denote such rhetorical work. Drawing on ethnography and critical discourse analysis, we describe how two teachers engaged in authenticity work through renegotiating professional and educational discourse in their project-based engineering course. This ideological project was facilitated by three discursive strategies: (1) deficitization of students and academia, (2) naturalization of industry practices, and (3) polarization of the state of affairs in academia and in industry. Our findings suggest that authenticity work is a double-edged sword: While authenticity work may serve to bolster the legitimacy that is ascribed to learning environments, it may also close down opportunities for students to develop critical thinking about their profession and their education. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for teaching and propose a nascent research agenda for authenticity work in higher education learning environments.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Lärande (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Learning (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Didaktik (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Didactics (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Authentic learning
Authenticity work
Critical discourse analysis
Critical thinking
Engineering education
Ethnography
Authenticity work

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