Engaging the World - Conversations in Pedagogical Practice

This paper presentation originates from the project “The Conversation in Leisure Pedagogy - Conversations into the World”, based at Research Program for Everyday Life and Leisure Pedagogy, VIA UC, Denmark, and explores perspectives on conversation in leisure pedagogy in afterschool program. The project uses the following research questions: What does conversation mean for the child in leisure pedagogy? How can the social teacher work with conversation in the after-school program? Viewed from a societal perspective, the ability to engage in conversation is relevant within a democratic context. Acting as democratic citizens often involves being respectfully disagreeable with those who hold different views (Koch, 2009). In this light, conversation becomes not only a path for personal development but also a skill essential for participating in democratic processes as a citizen in society.