Exploring student participation practices in vocational education: an insider action research project.
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| Title: | Exploring student participation practices in vocational education: an insider action research project. |
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| Authors: | Grevle, Tessa Eriksen1 (AUTHOR) tessaeri@oslomet.no |
| Source: | Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. Jun2026, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p766-781. 16p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Student participation, *Action research, *Career development, *Teacher collaboration, *Motivation (Psychology), *Vocational education, Liberty |
| People: | Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997 |
| Abstract: | Over the course of one year, a team of teachers and two classes of students in a Norwegian vocational upper secondary school explored how to further develop participation practices through an insider action research approach. The findings were that when more options were open to the students, the students themselves asked for less liberty to make bad choices. While this was confusing at first, Isaiah Berlin's concepts of negative and positive liberty broadened the understanding of the events that unfolded. The teacher participants found that the process of opening flexibility and then limiting negative liberty upon the students' own request deepened the students' understanding of the balance between adopting and influencing. Students reported that the participation practices had strengthened their motivation and belief in their own voice, something they felt was impactful as they now prepared to transition into professional life at a young age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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