learnification en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- 'lû(r)nəfəʹkāshən
- /ˌlɜː(ɹ)nəfəˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology
From learn + -ification. Coined by Dutch educational theorist Gert Biesta an article published in a 2009 journal volume.
Meanings
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(derogatory, uncountable) The shift in discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.
In the next section I explore why we seem to have lost sight of questions about values, purpose and the goodness of education. I suggest that at least part of the explanation for this has to do with what I will refer to as the 'learnification' of education: the transformation of an educational vocabulary into a language of learning.
2009, Gert Biesta, “Good education in an age of measurement: on the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education”, in Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, volume 21, number 1, →DOI, pages 33–46:Pearson's business motto is 'Always Learning', which plays well with the contemporary moment of learnification.
2017 October 20, Elisabeth Hultqvist, Sverker Lindblad, Thomas S. Popkewitz, Critical Analyses of Educational Reforms in an Era of Transnational Governance, Springer, →ISBN, page 53:'Learnification' appears to reduce teachers to facilitators of learning, competent practitioners or at worst 'deliverers' of the curriculum.
2016 July 30, Osvaldo Muñiz Solari, Michael Solem, Richard Boehm, Learning Progressions in Geography Education: International Perspectives, Springer, →ISBN, page 48:The learnification in SEL is evident in its claimed benefits for cognitive outcomes and achievement gains rather than personal health or societal well-being.
2021 December 15, Andy Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley, Well-Being in Schools: Three Forces That Will Uplift Your Students in a Volatile World, ASCD, →ISBN: