Learning in contemporary culture / Will Curtis, Alice Pettigrew.
By: Curtis, Will, Dr
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Contributor(s): Pettigrew, Alice.
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BookSeries: Perspectives in education studies: Publisher: Exeter : Learning Matters, 2009Description: vii, 151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9781844452002 ; 184445200X .Subject(s): Learning | Educational anthropology -- Great Britain | Learning, Psychology ofDDC classification: 370.1523
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book provides an accessible undergraduate-level introduction to the central educational concepts of learning and culture. In examining these themes it addresses key issues including: what is meant by ′culture′; characteristics commonly associated with contemporary culture; relationships between culture and learning; changing understandings of how, what, where and when we learn; the relationship between learning, national identity and citizenship; and the impact of all these on our way of life today. These ideas are approached from historical, philosophical, sociological, political and psychological perspectives: the traditional disciplines of Education Studies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- The authors
- Acknowledgements (p. vii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Culture and learning (p. 5)
- 2 Lessons in culture, community and change: an historical account (p. 21)
- 3 Learning in uncertain times: perspectives from philosophy (p. 38)
- 4 Learning to live in uncertainty: perspectives from psychology (p. 55)
- 5 Politics, power and priorities: perspectives on education policy (p. 71)
- 6 In classrooms and corridors: a sociological approach (p. 86)
- 7 Learning and identity in a multicultural community (p. 103)
- 8 Outside the school gate: alternative cultures of learning (p. 119)
- References (p. 136)
- Index (p. 145)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Will Curtis is Education Subject Leader and Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at De Montfort University.Alice Pettigrew is a researcher who is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the University of the West of England.