Learning processes that connect - Dilemmas, metaphors, contemporary art, education
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Uploaded: December 2019, Issue 36
 

Eleni Boutoulousi

Professor of Applied Linguistics, School of German Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy,A.U.Th., butulusi@del.auth.gr

 

Abstract

The following text provides basic information on the content, the objectives, the theoretical approaches, and the methods used in this seminar “Discourse analysis and language teaching.” The clips shown in the video are recorded during a lesson in this seminar. The text also describes the contemporary art project “Laboratory of dilemmas” by G. Drivas. It analyzes metaphors connected to the dilemma as well as the argumentations of the two central opinions constituting the dilemma. Finally, an investigation of sociological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives that view the dilemma as a structural feature of thought, and emphasize the critical role of processing dilemmas during the learning process in and out of school follows.