Being close to a cow
The purpose of this thesis is to explore learning in farming environments from a perspective of bodily experience. The aim is to create understanding about the role of bodily experience in learning the craft of farming. I want to shed light on what kind of understandings that being mentally and ph...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14961/ |
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| author | Säfström, Ida |
| author_browse | Säfström, Ida |
| author_facet | Säfström, Ida |
| author_sort | Säfström, Ida |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The purpose of this thesis is to explore learning in farming environments from a perspective of bodily
experience. The aim is to create understanding about the role of bodily experience in learning the craft
of farming. I want to shed light on what kind of understandings that being mentally and physically
close to animals, things and people involved in farming environments can generate. The study is based
on participant observation among eleven high school students in their second year at an Agricultural
program in Rättvik, Sweden. The students’ statements, stories and daily practices, combined with my
own experiences of being there, both as a visitor and as a participant, form the basis of the result. It
shows how shared bodily experience can generate a sense of belonging and togetherness. It shows
how bodily experience in farming environments, which are related to what you have chosen to learn,
creates feelings of doing something that matters and is meaningful. The teachers and students I met
turn their school into a place where practice and bodily experience is allowed to play a vital part in
processes of learning. This thesis also illuminate how closeness to animals, people and things involved
in learning processes in farming environments can enhance feelings of care, responsibility and
understandings of what it is like to be with the world. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
| id | RepoSLU14961 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publishDateSort | 2019 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU149612020-06-04T12:07:04Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14961/ Being close to a cow Säfström, Ida Agriculture - General aspects Education The purpose of this thesis is to explore learning in farming environments from a perspective of bodily experience. The aim is to create understanding about the role of bodily experience in learning the craft of farming. I want to shed light on what kind of understandings that being mentally and physically close to animals, things and people involved in farming environments can generate. The study is based on participant observation among eleven high school students in their second year at an Agricultural program in Rättvik, Sweden. The students’ statements, stories and daily practices, combined with my own experiences of being there, both as a visitor and as a participant, form the basis of the result. It shows how shared bodily experience can generate a sense of belonging and togetherness. It shows how bodily experience in farming environments, which are related to what you have chosen to learn, creates feelings of doing something that matters and is meaningful. The teachers and students I met turn their school into a place where practice and bodily experience is allowed to play a vital part in processes of learning. This thesis also illuminate how closeness to animals, people and things involved in learning processes in farming environments can enhance feelings of care, responsibility and understandings of what it is like to be with the world. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att utforska lärande i lantbruksmiljöer från ett perspektiv av kroppsliga upplevelser. Målet är att skapa förståelse kring betydelsen av kroppsliga upplevelser i lärandeprocesser relaterade till lantbruk. Jag vill belysa vilka typer av förståelser som mental och fysisk närhet till djur, ting och personer involverade i lantbruksmiljöer kan leda till. Studien bygger på deltagande observation bland elva gymnasieelever i årskurs två på ett naturbruksprogram i Rättvik, Sverige. Elevernas uttalanden, berättelser och dagliga praktiker tillsammans med mina egna upplevelser av att vara bland dem, både som besökare och deltagare, utgör studiens resultat. Det visar hur delade kroppsliga upplevelser kan ge upphov till känslor av tillhörighet och gemenskap. Det visar hur kroppsliga upplevelser i lantbruksmiljöer och situationer, som är relaterade till du valt att lära, skapar känslor av att göra något som har betydelse och är meningsfullt. Beskrivningar av detta blir ett sätt att lyfta fram hur de lärare och elever jag mötte gör sin skola till en plats där praktik och kroppsliga upplevelser tillåts spela en viktig roll i processer av lärande. Det visar också hur närhet till djur, personer och ting i lärandeprocesser i lantbruksmiljöer kan stärka känslor av omtanke, ansvar och skapa förståelse för vad det innebär att vara med världen. 2019-08-27 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14961/1/safstrom_i_190827.pdf Säfström, Ida, 2019. Being close to a cow : experiences of learning and farming among students at an agricultural program. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-10881 eng |
| spellingShingle | Agriculture - General aspects Education Säfström, Ida Being close to a cow |
| title | Being close to a cow |
| title_full | Being close to a cow |
| title_fullStr | Being close to a cow |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being close to a cow |
| title_short | Being close to a cow |
| title_sort | being close to a cow |
| topic | Agriculture - General aspects Education |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14961/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14961/ |