Commons and refiguration of education

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Published: Sep 24, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/grsr.24807
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educational commons education commoning childhood alternative educational discourses
Yannis Pechtelidis
University of Thessaly
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1424-4597
Abstract

This text introduces the emerging paradigm of the ‘commons’ as an alternative value and action system in the field of formal education. The main aim is to critically discuss the possibilities of refiguring the institutional formal education, both at the level of educational activity and governing or administration, following the values of equality, autonomy, community, participation, cooperation and sharing. At the heart of the study lies the ‘commoning’ process as an alternative educational and micro-political process that emerges in the cracks of the formal education system by creating practices that challenge the dominant discourse for education and society. Also, the similarities and differences of educational commons from other alternative educational narratives are critically investigated.

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Yannis Pechtelidis, University of Thessaly
Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly
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