Abstract
We seem to hold to an idea that humans have a body and a mind that are somewhat separate. The mind we situate in the head. The body, though important in our eyes, is less so than the mind, which we seem to believe is central in the learning process. In this chapter, the authors argue that we have inherited the hegemonic psychologized language that reigns in educational and lay discourses till today and is deeply embedded within a particular set of premises. The authors question these premises and show their negative impact on how we perceive learning and learners. It is argued that mind as imagined/conceptualized within folkloristic psychologized perspectives helps us explain nothing.
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An epigram by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of his journal Les Guêpes (‘The Wasps’). It means ‘The more it changes , the more it’s the same thing’.
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Bekerman, Z., Zembylas, M. (2018). Mind Blowing–Blowing Mind. In: Psychologized Language in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54937-2_4
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