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Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context
Bored children begin to draw, do crafts, to fidget - or they do something bad. Others fall silent, withdraw, or become lethargic. Research on school-related boredom has focused primarily on the negative consequences of boredom, such as decreased cognitive performance, motivation or attentativeness,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10484715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37693801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1214069 |
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description | Bored children begin to draw, do crafts, to fidget - or they do something bad. Others fall silent, withdraw, or become lethargic. Research on school-related boredom has focused primarily on the negative consequences of boredom, such as decreased cognitive performance, motivation or attentativeness, or disruptiveness. These negative aspects of boredom can be contrasted by the notion that boredom can promote creative performance. This paper reflects on boredom's creative and suppressive consequences as an interplay of personality traits and behavioral possibilities in school situations, on the one hand, and as an interplay of situational experiences with constituent developmental processes on the other. It is proposed that boredom is a gauge of the learner's resonance with school content, learning and/or developmental relationships. Boredom indicates a psychological need and its desideratum. Thus, both creative and suppressive potentials are inherent in boredom. |
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spelling | pubmed-104847152023-09-08 Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context Zeißig, Anke Front Sociol Sociology Bored children begin to draw, do crafts, to fidget - or they do something bad. Others fall silent, withdraw, or become lethargic. Research on school-related boredom has focused primarily on the negative consequences of boredom, such as decreased cognitive performance, motivation or attentativeness, or disruptiveness. These negative aspects of boredom can be contrasted by the notion that boredom can promote creative performance. This paper reflects on boredom's creative and suppressive consequences as an interplay of personality traits and behavioral possibilities in school situations, on the one hand, and as an interplay of situational experiences with constituent developmental processes on the other. It is proposed that boredom is a gauge of the learner's resonance with school content, learning and/or developmental relationships. Boredom indicates a psychological need and its desideratum. Thus, both creative and suppressive potentials are inherent in boredom. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10484715/ /pubmed/37693801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1214069 Text en Copyright © 2023 Zeißig. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sociology Zeißig, Anke Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
title | Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
title_full | Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
title_fullStr | Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
title_full_unstemmed | Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
title_short | Boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
title_sort | boredom as the originator of a desideratum - reflections on the creative and suppressive consequences of boredom in the school context |
topic | Sociology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10484715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37693801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1214069 |
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