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 wider framework for debate about the meaning and significance of lifelong learning, this timely and thought-provoking book provides practitioners in the field with a relevant and current discussion on some very important ideas about non-formal education.
Author(s): R. Edwards
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction: Tangled up in learning......Page 14
Part I: Theory, methods, concepts......Page 22
1 Informal learning: The challenge for research......Page 24
2 Theorizing pedagogy within social action contexts: A case study of a South African trade union......Page 37
3 Inside out of experiential learning: Fluid bodies, co-emergent minds......Page 55
4 European policies on 'non-formal' learning: A genealogical review......Page 69
Part II: Learning processes......Page 88
5 Combining work and learning: The disturbing challenge of practice......Page 90
6 Pedagogic learning in the pedagogic workplace......Page 103
7 Recognition of tacit skills and knowledge in work re-entry: Modelling of learning processes and outcomes......Page 116
8 Learning in non-formal settings and the development of 'really useful' knowledge......Page 133
9 Knowledge and learning in social movements: Issues and opportunities for adult community education......Page 146
Part III: Learning outcomes......Page 162
10 Learning in action: Lessons from poor women in the South......Page 164
11 Re-reading the texts of RPL: What recontextualizing principles are coded into the selection of curriculum resources?......Page 182
12 Learning in the new work order......Page 196
13 Lifelong learning reaching regions: Where other learning doesn't reach......Page 215
14 Researching learning outside the academy: Emerging themes......Page 237
Index......Page 244
