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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476846203321

Autore

Sefton-Green Julian

Titolo

Learning at not-school : a review of study, theory, and advocacy for education in non-formal settings / / Julian Sefton-Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013

ISBN

9780262311984

0262311984

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 p.)

Collana

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation reports on digital media and learning

Disciplina

371.19

Soggetti

After-school programs

Learning

Comparative education

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents --  Series Foreword --  Chapter 1. Introduction --  The Field of "Not-School" --  Focus of the Report --  Why Is This Important? --  Outline of the Report --  Chapter 2. Understanding Learning in Not-School Environments --  Hyphens and Plurals --  Summary --  Chapter 3. Researching Not-School --  Do Reviews of Work in the Sector Offer Us a Typology of Learning? --  Summary --  Chapter 4. Culture and Identity: Creative Media Production --  England in the 1980s: Youth, Culture, and Photography --  Oakland in the Twenty-First Century: Youth Radio --  Summary --  Chapter 5. Language and Technology: Learning to Learn and Metalearning -- The Fifth Dimension and the Computer Clubhouse --  Language in and through the Arts --  Summary --  Chapter 6. In-Formal Learning: Traversing Boundaries --  Amateur Musicians, Young Filmmakers, and Symbolic Creativity --  Tracing Biographies: Life Histories and Pathways --  Summary --  Chapter 7. Conclusion --  Historical and International Perspectives --  Identity, Metalearning, and Embedded Practices --  Implication for Further Study --  Notes --  References.

Sommario/riassunto

Schools do not define education, and they are not the only institutions in which learning takes place. After-school programs, music lessons, Scouts, summer camps, on-the-job training, and home activities all



offer out-of-school educational experiences. In "Learning at Not-School," Julian Sefton-Green explores studies and scholarly research on out-of-school learning, investigating just what it is that is distinctive about the quality of learning in these "not-school" settings. Sefton-Green focuses on those organizations and institutions that have developed parallel to public schooling and have emerged as complements, supplements, or attempts to remediate the alleged failures of schools. He reviews salient principles, landmark studies, and theoretical approaches to learning in not-school environments, reporting on the latest scholarship in the field. He examines studies of creative media production and considers ideas of "learning-to learn"--That relate to analyses of language and technology. And he considers other forms of in-formal learning--in the home and in leisure activities--in terms of not-school experiences. Where possible, he compares the findings of US-based studies with those of non-US-based studies, highlighting core conceptual issues and identifying what we often take for granted. Many not-school organizations and institutions set out to be different from schools, embodying different conceptions of community and educational values. Sefton-Green's careful consideration of these learning environments in pedagogical terms offers a crucial way to understand how they work. (Contains 17 notes.).