Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom Practice

This qualitative study (based on a hermeneutic moral-realist interpretive frame (Yanchar & Slife, 2017)) explored question asking as it unfolded in the everyday practice of being a student in a graduate course on design thinking (with an emphasis on design in education). Findings are presented...

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Main Authors: Susan P. Gong, Stephen C. Yanchar
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Language:English
Published: Hipatia Press 2019-10-01
Series:Qualitative Research in Education
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Online Access:https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/qre/article/view/3947
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description This qualitative study (based on a hermeneutic moral-realist interpretive frame (Yanchar & Slife, 2017)) explored question asking as it unfolded in the everyday practice of being a student in a graduate course on design thinking (with an emphasis on design in education). Findings are presented as four key tensions that occurred within the complex classroom setting under investigation: “theory and overlapping practices,” “convergence and divergence,” “participation and reticence,” and “give and take.” Overall, these thematized tensions point to a dynamic interplay between student agency and the common good of the class. These findings have significant implications for understanding student questioning experiences and the study of classroom interactions.
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spelling doaj.art-da6df055b5ae4d85bb08899081a6cf362023-06-19T08:31:24ZengHipatia PressQualitative Research in Education2014-64182019-10-018310.17583/qre.2019.3947Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom PracticeSusan P. Gong0Stephen C. Yanchar1Brigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University This qualitative study (based on a hermeneutic moral-realist interpretive frame (Yanchar & Slife, 2017)) explored question asking as it unfolded in the everyday practice of being a student in a graduate course on design thinking (with an emphasis on design in education). Findings are presented as four key tensions that occurred within the complex classroom setting under investigation: “theory and overlapping practices,” “convergence and divergence,” “participation and reticence,” and “give and take.” Overall, these thematized tensions point to a dynamic interplay between student agency and the common good of the class. These findings have significant implications for understanding student questioning experiences and the study of classroom interactions. https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/qre/article/view/3947student question askinghermeneuticsmoral realismmoral ecologypracticesqualitative research
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Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom Practice
Qualitative Research in Education
student question asking
hermeneutics
moral realism
moral ecology
practices
qualitative research
title Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom Practice
title_full Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom Practice
title_fullStr Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom Practice
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title_short Question Asking and the Common Good: A Hermeneutic Investigation of Student Questioning in Moral Configurations of Classroom Practice
title_sort question asking and the common good a hermeneutic investigation of student questioning in moral configurations of classroom practice
topic student question asking
hermeneutics
moral realism
moral ecology
practices
qualitative research
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