learnification

/ˌlɜː(ɹ)nəfəˈkeɪʃən/

learnification noun: the shift in discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.

Noun

learnification (uncountable)

(derogatory) The shift in discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.
- In the next section I explore why we seem to have lost sight of questions about values, purpose and the goodness of education. I suggest that at least part of the explanation for this has to do with what I will refer to as the 'learnification' of education: the transformation of an educational...2009, Gert Biesta, “Good education in an age of measurement: on the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education”, in Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, volume 21...
- 'Learnification' appears to reduce teachers to facilitators of learning, competent practitioners or at worst 'deliverers' of the curriculum.2016 July 30, Osvaldo Muñiz Solari, Michael Solem, Richard Boehm, Learning Progressions in Geography Education: International Perspectives, Springer, →ISBN, page 48

Pearson's business motto is 'Always Learning', which plays well with the contemporary moment of learnification.2017 October 20, Elisabeth Hultqvist, Sverker Lindblad, Thomas S. Popkewitz, Critical Analyses of Educational Reforms in an Era of...
The learnification in SEL is evident in its claimed benefits for cognitive outcomes and achievement gains rather than personal health or societal well-being.2021 December 15, Andy Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley, Well-Being in Schools: Three Forces That Will Uplift Your Students in a Volatile World...

From learn + -ification. Coined by Dutch educational theorist Gert Biesta an article published in a 2009 journal volume.

What does learnification mean?: Learnification means the shift in discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.
How do you use learnification in a sentence?: Pearson's business motto is 'Always Learning', which plays well with the contemporary moment of learnification.
What part of speech is learnification?: Learnification is a noun.
How do you pronounce learnification?: Learnification is pronounced /ˌlɜː(ɹ)nəfəˈkeɪʃən/.

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