Learning outside the academy : international research perspectives on lifelong learning / / edited by Richard Edwards, Jim Gallacher & Susan Whittaker

• Autore: Gallacher Jim <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis, 2006; London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 374
• Soggetto topico: Adult education; Continuing education
• Soggetto non controllato: informal; workplace; work-based; lifelong; adult; recognition; prior; education; legitimate; peripheral
• Altri autori: EdwardsRichard <1956 July 2-> GallacherJim <1946-> WhittakerSusan
• Note generali: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."; Based on material presented at the 2nd international conference on lifelong learning held at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning in UK.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Contributors; Introduction: Tangled up in learning; 1 Informal learning: The challenge for research; 2 Theorizing pedagogy within social action contexts: A case study of a South African trade union; 3 Inside out of experiential learning: Fluid bodies, co-emergent minds; 4 European policies on 'non-formal' learning: A genealogical review; 5 Combining work and learning: The disturbing challenge of practice; 6 Pedagogic learning in the pedagogic workplace ; 7 Recognition of tacit skills and knowledge in work re-entry: Modelling of learning processes and outcomes8 Learning in non-formal settings and the development of 'really useful' knowledge; 9 Knowledge and learning in social movements: Issues and opportunities for adult community education; 10 Learning in action: Lessons from poor women in the South; 11 Re-reading the texts of RPL: What recontextualizing principles are coded into the selection of curriculum resources?; 12 Learning in the new work order; 13 Lifelong learning reaching regions: Where other learning doesn't reach ; 14 Researching learning outside the academy: Emerging themesIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This book weaves together different strands of research in the area of lifelong learning that concentrates particularly on learning in alternative settings and ways, such experiential learning and informal and community learning. Drawing upon international research, the book examines how these strands of research can contribute to each other. The contributions to this book are based on material presented at a conference at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, UK, and they focus on research into key issues of policy and practice in lifelong learning. Establishing a wid
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning outside the academy
• ISBN: 1-134-21395-6; 1-134-21396-4; 1-280-56392-3; 9786610563920; 0-203-01838-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765898703321
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