Full Description
Semiotic Theory of Learning asks what learning is and what brings it about, challenging the hegemony of psychological and sociological constructions of learning in order to develop a burgeoning literature in semiotics as an educational foundation. Drawing on theoretical research and its application in empirical studies, the book attempts to avoid the problematization of the distinction between theory and practice in semiotics. It covers topics such as signs, significance and semiosis; the ontology of learning; the limits of learning; ecosemiotics; ecology and sexuality.
The book is written by five of the key figures in the semiotics field, each committed to the belief that living is a process of interaction through acts of signification with a signifying environment. While the authors are agreed on the value of semiotic frameworks, the book aims not to present an entirely coherent line in every respect, but rather to reflect ongoing scholarship and debates in the area. In light of this, the book offers a range of possible interpretations of major semiotic theorists, unsettling assumptions while offering a fresh, and still developing, series of perspectives on learning from academics grounded in semiotics.
Semiotic Theory of Learning is a timely and valuable text that will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates working in the fields of educational studies, semiotics, psychology, philosophy, applied linguistics and media studies.
Contents
Introduction
Andrew Stables, Winfried Nöth, Alin Olteanu, Sebastien Pesce and Eetu Pikkarainen
Section 1: Andrew Stables
The Limits of Learning
Andrew Stables
The Semiotic Encounter
Andrew Stables
Semiosis, Education and Society: Affecting Encounters
Andrew Stables
Section 2: Winfried Nöth
Education in the Domain of Thirdness
Winfried Nöth
Education in the Domain of Secondness
Winfried Nöth
Education in the Domain of Firstness
Winfried Nöth
Section 3: Alin Olteanu
Ecosemiotics as a Theory of Learning
Alin Olteanu
Ecology, Love and Learning
Alin Olteanu
Sexuality as a Case of Ecological Learning
Alin Olteanu
Section 4: Sebastien Pesce
From Comprehensive Research to Semiotic Approaches to Education: A Subjective Genealogy of Educational Semiotics
Sebastien Pesce
Signs, Significance and Semioses in the classroom: Multimodality, Narrativity, Dialogism and Rhetoric as Cornerstones of a Fully Semiotic Perspective on Teaching and Learning
Sebastien Pesce
Training Semiotically Wise Teachers: Rhetoric of Inquiry, Epistemology of Action and Habit Change
Sebastien Pesce
Section 5: Eetu Pikkarainen
Learning and Semiotic Theory
Eetu Pikkarainen
Ontology of Learning (and Semiotics)
Eetu Pikkarainen
Human Learning: Education and Bildung
Eetu Pikkarainen
