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Autore: | Johnson Hazel |
Titolo: | Learning for development [[electronic resource] /] / Hazel Johnson and Gordon Wilson |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Zed |
New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
Disciplina: | 307.14 |
Soggetto topico: | Economic development - Effect of education on |
Economic policy | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | WilsonGordon, Dr. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | About the series | About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 | Why Learning for Development?; Conceptualizing a learning approach to development; The scope of learning for development; The structure of this book; Notes; 2 | Approaches to Learning for Development; Learning and participation; Sharing knowledge; Learning through reflection and communication within a framework of truth; The three interests of knowledge; Instrumental vs communicative rationality; Lifeworlds; Empowerment; Theories of learning; Action learning spaces; Notes; 3 | Contestation and Learning between Multiple Stakeholders |
Some conceptsAction learning spaces, social difference and communities of practice; Creating space for action learning and inclusive agenda setting; Composition of the workshop groups andfacilitators; Conclusions; Notes; 4 | Joint Learning through Similarity, Difference and Mutuality: North-South municipal partnerships; A tale of two partnerships: Kampala City Council and Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Iganga Town Council and Daventry District Council; Common mindsets: a necessary but insufficient basis for joint learning?; Difference and learning; Incentives and disincentives | |
Individual and organizational learningMaking the connections; Conclusion; Note; 5 | Changing the Self and Changing the Organization: doing things better and doing them differently; Conceptualizing the terrain; Formal learning and action learning; Doing things better (and differently?): individual learning experiences; Challenges to doing things differently and toinstitutionalization; The reflective thinker and learner; Conclusions: from reflective practitioner to agentof change?; Note; 6 | The Challenges of Learning through Computer-mediated Communication | |
Learning spaces using online communicationThe pilot experience; Reflections; Notes; 7 | The Whys and Wherefores of Learning for Development; How and why learning occurs; How to promote learning; Learning for what purpose?; Action learning spaces, and the whys and wherefores of development; Note; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book in the Development Matters series takes a learning approach to development, focusing the learning that takes place through development action - be it intentional and structured, or the outcome of different forms of engagement. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Learning for development |
ISBN: | 1-84813-721-4 |
1-282-45352-1 | |
9786612453526 | |
1-84813-199-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456481403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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