David James, Gert Biesta

Improving Learning Cultures in Further Education

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illustrated with case studies, this practical guide develops a new way of understanding educational improvement - one which focuses on the formation and transformation of the practices through which students learn.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780415427357
• ISBN-10: 0415427355
• Artikelnr.: 26679444

Autorenporträt

David James is Professor of Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Latvia. He is a former FE teacher. Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter and Visiting Professor for Education and Democratic Citizenship at Örebro University and Mälardalen University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: What are the Issues? 1. Introduction to the TLC Project and the
Book 2. An Outline of the Theoretical Framework Part 2: What Does the
Research Tell Us? What are Learning Cultures in FE and How do they Change?
3. Learning Cultures Across the Sector 4. Learning Cultures Across Sites
How do Learning Cultures Transform People? 5. The Practices of Learning 6.
The Learning of Practices How Can Learning Cultures be Improved? 7.
Managing, Mediating and Mitigating Learning Cultures 8. Policy,
Professionality and Transformation Part 3: What are the Overall
Implications? Methodological Appendix