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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783049003321

Autore

Bentley Tom <1973, >

Titolo

Learning beyond the classroom : education for a changing world / / Tom Bentley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-67301-9

1-904452-18-3

1-134-67302-7

1-280-10469-4

0-585-46029-9

0-203-20175-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 pages)

Disciplina

370/.941

Soggetti

Educational change - Great Britain

Education - Aims and objectives - Great Britain

Active learning - Great Britain

Continuing education - Great Britain

Educational sociology - Great Britain

Educational planning - Great Britain

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 (p. 189-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Learning Beyond the Classroom: Education for a Changing World; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The challenges; 3. Seeds of solutions: theories; 4. Active learning in practice; 5. What matters most: key characteristics of active learning projects; 6. Learning morality and citizenship; 7. Tackling underachievement; 8. The challenge of employability; 9. Personal capacities; 10. Systems of assessment; 11. Nurturing learning relationships; 12. The new landscape of learning; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education has become one of our major concerns, at the heart of any strategy for prosperity and social cohesion. But young people are having more difficulty than ever before in adapting to the world they will enter as adults.Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the



emerging challenges of the twenty-first century, we must recognise that learning takes place far beyond the formal education sector. We cannot rely solely on dedicated teachers to deliver the understanding and personal qualities young people will need. Instead we must connect what happens in schools to wider opportuni