Semetsky I. (Ed.) Edusemiotics - A Handbook

Springer Science+Business Media, Singapore, 2017. — 316 p. — ISBN10: 9811014930Edusemiotics is a pioneering area of study that connects semiotics – the science of signs – with educational theory and the philosophy of education. This volume reflects cutting-edge research by scholars in education and in semiotics worldwide, bridging the two discourses to present the state of the art in this new transdisciplinary field.
The book’s emphasis is on educational theory as based on semiotic philosophy: as such, it challenges the current conception of semiotics in education as merely a sub-branch of applied semiotics. It presents edusemiotics as a novel unified conceptual framework at the interface of theoretical semiotics and educational philosophy, based on both theoretical and empirical studies from around the world.
The chapters in this handbook also bring to the fore the intellectual legacy of Charles S. Peirce, John Dewey, Gilles Deleuze, Umberto Eco, Julia Kristeva, Mikhail Bakhtin, Paul Ricoeur, Martin Heidegger and other thinkers, pointing out the implications of edusemiotics for meaningful pedagogy and experiential learning in diverse contexts.Introduction: A Primer on Edusemiotics
Academic Culture and the Science of Signs
‘Diagrammatic Teaching’: The Role of Iconic Signs in Meaningful Pedagogy
Semiotics in Mathematics Education: Topological Foundations and Diagrammatic Methods
Metaphors, Models, and Diagrams in Educational Theories and Practices
Education and Reasoning: Advancing a Peircean Edusemiotic
No Surprise in the ‘Surprise Effect’ of Values Pedagogy: An Edusemiotic Analysis
Semiotics and Meaning in the Aims of Education in Greece
Edusemiotics, Existential Semiotics, and Existential Pedagogy
The Embodied Mind: Education as the Transformation of Habits
Academic Pathologies and Anxieties of Knowing
Interpreting Our Selves
The Role of the Reader: Remembering the Possible Worlds of Umberto Eco
Reading History: Education, Semiotics, and Edusemiotics
Heteroglossia as a Dialogic Route to Metaphoricity in Education
Knowledge as a Sign: An Edusemiotic Theory of Learning Heritage Language
Julia Kristeva’s Semanalysis and the Legacy of Émile Benveniste
Black Holes: Engaging with Negation Through the Semiotic Chora
Erotica and Semiotica: What’s Love Got to Do with Edusemiotics?
Learning from the Unconscious