Understanding and responding to negativism in schooling: the potential of the ‘double move’

Malcolm Reed

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Abstract

This essay considers the significance of negativism in classroom activity and its potential to provoke us to pay attention to the situation it expresses. Negativism is explored as a function of behaviour in cultural-historical theorisation of children's development, drawing on Vygotsky's work in child psychology. The relationship in post-Vygotskian research between negativism, crisis, the social situation of development and activity setting is reviewed. Positioning and agonistic struggles in the drama of development are explored. Hedegaard's practice of the ‘double move’ is elaborated, with alternative yet sympathetic moves considered in conclusion for pedagogic practice in response to negativism.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)63–77
Number of pages15
JournalLearning, Culture and Social Interaction
Volume12
Early online date19 Oct 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017

Keywords

  • Adolescence
  • Negativism
  • Social situation of development
  • Positioning
  • Agonism
  • Double move
  • Pedagogy

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