Teaching, learning and education in late modernity : the selected works of Peter Jarvis / / Peter Jarvis

• Autore: Jarvis Peter <1937->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 370
• Soggetto topico: Education; Teaching
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Teaching, Learning and Education in Late Modernity; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Learning; 1. Learning to be a person in society: learning to be me; Introduction; Developing my understanding of human learning; Towards a comprehensive theory of human learning; A person's lifetime learning; Conclusion; References; 2. It is the person who learns; Dualism; Monism; Non-reductive monism; Conclusion; References; 3. Experience; Experience as consciousness; Experience as biography; Experience as episode/event; Experience as expertise ; Concluding discussionReferences; 4. Meaning; Cultural meaning; Personal and subjective meaning; Meaning and learning; Conclusion; References; 5. Being and having; The distinction between being and having; Being, having, and learning; Education as having or being?; Conclusion; References; Part 2: Learning and religion/spirituality; 6. Learning as a religious phenomenon? The paradox of the question - why?; The human condition; The birth of the self; Why?; The creation of order; Conversion; Growth and development; Utopia; Molding humankind; Conclusion; References ; 7. The spiritual dimension of human learningSetting the scene; The spiritual dimensions of human learning; Conclusion; References; Part 3: Learning and doing; 8. Learning to be an expert: competence development and expertise; The nature of knowledge; The nature of practice; The nature of human learning; Some implications for vocational education; Conclusion; References; 9. Practitioner research and the learning society; The idea of the learning society; Learning and research; Practitioner-researchers and the learning society; Democratization of research ; Research and scholarship in the learning societyConclusion; References; Part 4: Teaching; 10. Ethics and teaching: exploring the relationship between teacher and taught; Teaching and the stranger: lecturing; Teaching and totalising: managing the system; Teaching and infinity: sharing and expanding; Conclusion; References; 11. Teaching: an art or a science (technology)?; The concept of teaching; Teaching as a technology; The art of teaching; Conclusion; References; 12. Transforming Asian education through open and distance learning: through thinking; Human learning ; Critiques of non-reflective learning in educational settingsWays of thinking; Some thoughts about teaching; Conclusion; References; Part 5: Late modernity; 13. The changing educational scene; Modernity; Changes in educational theory and practice; Conclusion; References; 14. Infinite dreams, infinite growth, infinite learning: the challenges of globalisation in a finite world; Infinite dreams: religious, political and economic utopias; Infinite growth and the challenges of globalisation; Infinite learning; Conclusion; References ; 15. Beyond the learning society: globalisation and the moral imperative for reflective social change
• Sommario/riassunto: Professor Peter Jarvis has spent over 30 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in education. He has contributed well over 30 books and 200 papers and chapters in books on learning theory, adult education and learning, continuing professional education, nurse education, primary school education, distance education and third age education.?In this book, he brings together 19 key writings in one place. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of Peter's career and contextualises his selection within the developme
• Titolo autorizzato: Teaching, learning and education in late modernity
• ISBN: 1-136-63031-7; 1-283-46218-4; 9786613462183; 0-203-80294-2; 1-136-63032-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826194803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World library of educationalists series.