A Biography of Learning

Author:   Ron Burnett
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
ISBN:  

9781487561376


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   02 October 2025
Format:   Paperback
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A Biography of Learning


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Ron Burnett offers a timely and provocative vision for educational transformation. Drawing on his decades-long career as both an educator and institutional leader, Burnett crafts a compelling narrative that bridges personal experience with forward-thinking educational theory and practice. This book suggests that transformative learning demands time far more than our rapid-fire systems allow us. It challenges our obsession with quick inputs and outputs, exposing the deeper, slower rhythms of authentic intellectual growth, and forges powerful connections between physical learning spaces, creative environments, and the frontiers of experimentation where teaching and learning boundaries are dramatically expanded. emerges at a critical juncture, where technological revolution meets institutional evolution. Burnett's approach is refreshingly pragmatic yet boldly visionary, providing roadmaps for tomorrow. For anyone invested in the future of learning educators, administrators, policymakers, students, and engaged citizens Burnett's insights provide inspiration for navigating the intersection of tradition and innovation in educational practices.

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Author:   Ron Burnett
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781487561376


ISBN 10:   1487561377
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   02 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Prelude: Artificial Intelligence and Time Introduction: A New School – A New Learning Paradigm?     Part One 1. Biography, Learning, and Play 2. Knowledge, Memory, and Living Archives 3. The Classroom, Generational Change, and the Expansion of Disciplines 4. Film Studies, Hiroshima Mon Amour and Window Water Baby Moving Part Two 5. Learning with and against TikTok and AI: The Algorithmic Challenge 6. Science, Truth, History, and Learning 7. Learning with New Tools 8. Transposition, Translation, Transformation, Serendipity 9. Chance, Bricolage, Symmetry 10. The Radical Impossibility of Teaching Part Three 11. Learning, Consensus, and Social Media 12. Symptom Fields Part Four 13. Budding Visions and New Spaces for Learning 14. The Communication of Ideas through Video 15. Making, Being, Learning 16. Designing a New Campus for Emily Carr University of Art and Design 17. Studios, Outcomes, and Vision Conclusion Endnotes

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Ron Burnett is president emeritus at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and was appointed to the Order of Canada.

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