
Adventurous Learning in Higher Education
A Metamodern Framework
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 17. July 2026
Book
Hardback
150 pages
978-1-041-12346-0 (ISBN)
Description
Designed as a provocation, Adventurous Learning in Higher Education asks readers to join a conversation to re-evaluate what successful higher education looks like for individuals, institutions, and policymakers.
The book directly challenges neoliberal higher education systems and proposes a radical pedagogical approach - pedagogies of adventure - underpinned by a new metamodern framework to nurture the capabilities and sensibilities graduates now need and the values necessary for a sustainable and equitable society. It establishes why change is urgent identifying barriers caused by metrification, stratification and performance metrics that prevent the sector delivering the right kind of education, in this moment and suggests how these are tackled. It argues only through radical change can higher education address the impenetrable problems, wickedness, injustices, complexities, and paradoxes that define our era.
This is a crucial read for anyone who wants higher education to matter, for it to be transformative, from students to educators, from policymakers to university leaders. Its message is a hopeful one: higher education can change and adventurous learning and metamodernism can make it happen.
The book directly challenges neoliberal higher education systems and proposes a radical pedagogical approach - pedagogies of adventure - underpinned by a new metamodern framework to nurture the capabilities and sensibilities graduates now need and the values necessary for a sustainable and equitable society. It establishes why change is urgent identifying barriers caused by metrification, stratification and performance metrics that prevent the sector delivering the right kind of education, in this moment and suggests how these are tackled. It argues only through radical change can higher education address the impenetrable problems, wickedness, injustices, complexities, and paradoxes that define our era.
This is a crucial read for anyone who wants higher education to matter, for it to be transformative, from students to educators, from policymakers to university leaders. Its message is a hopeful one: higher education can change and adventurous learning and metamodernism can make it happen.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
11 s/w Tabellen, 4 s/w Zeichnungen, 4 s/w Abbildungen
11 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-12346-0 (9781041123460)
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Sarah Bowman | Josh Salter | Carol Stephenson
Adventurous Learning in Higher Education
A Metamodern Framework
E-Book
approx. 07/2026
Routledge
€27.49
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Sarah Bowman | Josh Salter | Carol Stephenson
Adventurous Learning in Higher Education
A Metamodern Framework
E-Book
approx. 07/2026
Routledge
€27.49
Not yet available
Persons
Sarah Bowman is an assistant professor, author, researcher and pedagogical consultant.
Josh Salter is an early career researcher and PhD student at the University of Leeds, UK.
Carol Stephenson is an associate professor, author, researcher and pedagogical consultant.
Josh Salter is an early career researcher and PhD student at the University of Leeds, UK.
Carol Stephenson is an associate professor, author, researcher and pedagogical consultant.
Author
University of the Arts, London College of Communication, UK
Northumbria University, UK
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Higher Education in crisis: failing to meet the challenges of a 'wicked world'
Chapter Two: Transforming Higher Education: the case for a metamodern approach
Chapter Three: Towards a recalibration: challenging institutions, changing policy
Chapter Four: Unleashing potential: liberating people, enabling practice
Chapter Five: Adventurous learning in HE: A Manifesto for Change
Introduction
Chapter One: Higher Education in crisis: failing to meet the challenges of a 'wicked world'
Chapter Two: Transforming Higher Education: the case for a metamodern approach
Chapter Three: Towards a recalibration: challenging institutions, changing policy
Chapter Four: Unleashing potential: liberating people, enabling practice
Chapter Five: Adventurous learning in HE: A Manifesto for Change