Learning Outside the Academy
International Research Perspectives on Lifelong Learning
Published on 22. November 2006
256 pages
978-1-134-21395-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book weaves together different strands of research in the area of lifelong learning that concentrates particularly on learning in alternative settings and ways, such experiential learning and informal and community learning. Drawing upon international research, the book examines how these strands of research can contribute to each other.
The contributions to this book are based on material presented at a conference at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, UK, and they focus on research into key issues of policy and practice in lifelong learning. Establishing a wider framework for debate about the meaning and significance of lifelong learning, this timely and thought-provoking book provides practitioners in the field with a relevant and current discussion on some very important ideas about non-formal education.
The contributions to this book are based on material presented at a conference at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, UK, and they focus on research into key issues of policy and practice in lifelong learning. Establishing a wider framework for debate about the meaning and significance of lifelong learning, this timely and thought-provoking book provides practitioners in the field with a relevant and current discussion on some very important ideas about non-formal education.
Reviews / Votes
"This collection will be uniquely valuable to educators and researchers whose interests lie in learning beyond curricula, specifically, professionals who work in or study experiential, informal, community-based, and work-based learning."--Lorraine Carter, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education (Fall 2008), Vol. 34, No. 2: 136-138More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-21395-5 (9781134213955)
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Richard Edwards | Jim Gallacher | Susan Whittaker
Learning Outside the Academy
International Research Perspectives on Lifelong Learning
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Richard Edwards | Jim Gallacher | Susan Whittaker
Learning Outside the Academy
International Research Perspectives on Lifelong Learning
Book
04/2006
1st Edition
Routledge
€231.80
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Richard Edwards is Professor of Education at the University of Stirling and is on the Management Group of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning.
Jim Gallacher is Professor of Lifelong Learning and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Susan Whittaker is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, Glasgow Caledonian University, and is currently seconded to the Scottish Executive as a Policy Officer in the Higher Education and Science Division
Jim Gallacher is Professor of Lifelong Learning and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Susan Whittaker is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, Glasgow Caledonian University, and is currently seconded to the Scottish Executive as a Policy Officer in the Higher Education and Science Division
Content
Introduction: Tangled up in learning Part One: Theory, Methods, Concepts 1. Informal learning: the challenge for research 2.Theorizing pedagogy within social action contexts: a case study of a South African trade union 3. Inside out of experiential learning: fluid bodies, co-emergent minds 4.European policies on 'non-formal' learning: a genealogical review Part Two: Learning Processes 5.Combining work and learning: the disturbing challenge of practice 6. Pedagogic learning in the pedagogic workplace 7. Recognition of tacit skills and knowledge in work re-entry: modelling of learning processes and outcomes 8. Learning in non-formal settings and the development of 'really useful' knowledge 9. Knowledge and learning in social movements: issues and opportunities for adult community education Part Three: Learning Outcomes 10. Learning in action: lessons from poor women in the South 11. Re-reading the texts of RPL: what recontextualizing principles are coded into the selection of curriculum resources? 12. Learning in the new work order 13. Lifelong learning: reaching regions where other learning doesn't reach 14. Researching outside the academy: emerging themes
