The uses and abuses of boredom in the classroom

Yacek, Douglas W.; Gary, Kevin

The uses and abuses of boredom in the classroom

dc.contributor.author	Yacek, Douglas W.
dc.contributor.author	Gary, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-10T14:22:57Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-10T14:22:57Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09-17
dc.description.abstract	Although the educational and psychological hazards of boredom are well documented, an increasing number of researchers have argued that boredom may be a helpful, rather than harmful, emotion for the growing individual. In this paper, we engage with this re-conception of boredom and explore its implications for contemporary education: Can boredom enhance student learning, or support certain forms of it? Can it be put to use in the classroom? What are the risks involved? In addressing these questions, we show that boredom can fulfil several important psychological functions under certain special conditions. At the same time, we argue that careful attention to the moral psychology of boredom reveals that it has significant disadvantages for helping students to develop a meaningful and fulfilling relationship to subject matter in the classroom. Against the backdrop of this analysis, we discuss the concept and experience of aspiration as a potential way of tempering and eventually obviating the psychological pitfalls of boredom. In the final section, we draw out several principles of an aspirational approach to grappling with boredom in education.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2003/42271
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-24108
dc.language.iso	en	de
dc.relation.ispartofseries	British educational research journal;49(1)
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	de
dc.subject	Aspiration	en
dc.subject	Boredom	en
dc.subject	Motivation	en
dc.subject	Self-regulation	en
dc.subject.ddc	370
dc.subject.rswk	Langeweile	de
dc.subject.rswk	Selbstregulation	de
dc.subject.rswk	Motivation	de
dc.subject.rswk	Unterricht	de
dc.title	The uses and abuses of boredom in the classroom	en
dc.type	Text	de
dc.type.publicationtype	Article	de
dcterms.accessRights	open access
eldorado.secondarypublication	true	de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitation	Yacek, D. W., & Gary, K. (2023). The uses and abuses of boredom in the classroom. British Educational Research Journal, 49, 126–141. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3833	de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifier	DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3833	de

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