Is competition negative for learning? Imitation, learning, competition and innovation: A Girardian perspective
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Grande, P. B. (2020). Is competition negative for learning Imitation, learning, competition and innovation: A Girardian perspective. International Journal of Innovation in Education, 6(3/4), 202-216. 10.1504/IJIIE.2020.111089Sammendrag
This article contains a discussion on how imitation may be considered an essential premise for learning and innovation. Imitation has been considered, until lately, a wilful representation of the world. However, today imitation or mimesis is viewed by many first and foremost as a desire, evoked by the other. When desire vis-à-vis the other becomes too intense, it inverts the learning process and becomes a hindrance to learning. Learning can, however, be optimal when there is a high degree of competition. Competition and cooperation seem to exist simultaneously – despite a strong scepticism towards competition among teachers. To find the right balance between imitating a model and the intensity of the desire entailed in imitation seems to be decisive for the degree of innovation.
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This is an accepted manuscript version (postprint) of an article published by Inderscience in International Journal of Innovation in Education on 9 Nov 2020. The final version is available from https://doi.org/10.1504/ijiie.2020.111089. Available 9 Nov 2021.