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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459861503321

Autore

Quinn Jocey

Titolo

Learning communities and imagined social capital [[electronic resource] ] : learning to belong / / Jocey Quinn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-4411-2452-7

1-282-55208-2

9786612552083

1-4411-3906-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in educational research

Disciplina

374/.941

Soggetti

Adult education - Great Britain

Continuing education - Great Britain

Social capital (Sociology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Learning to Belong; 2 Critiquing Learning Communities; 3 Conceptualizing Imagined Social Capital; 4 Re-imagining Educational Spaces; 5 The Joy of Knowledge; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using theory drawn from Education, Cultural Studies and Human Geography, this work explores the related issues of belonging, learning and community. It draws on a range of research studies conducted with adult learners both nationally and internationally in formal and informal contexts.