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Author:   Ronald Barnett (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) ,  Norman Jackson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.403kg
ISBN:  

9781138496880

ISBN 10:   113849688
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   19 November 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of figures List of tables List of contributors 1 Introduction: Steps to Ecologies for Learning and Practice Norman Jackson and Ronald Barnett PART 1 Towards Ecologies for Learning and Practice 2 Animating Systems: The Ecological Value of Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Model of Development Leah O'Toole, Nóirín Hayes, and Ann Marie Halpenny 3 Weaving Ecologies for Learning: Engaging Imagination in Place-based Education Gillian Judson 4 Learning Ecologies: Liminal States and Student Transformation Maggi Savin-Baden 5 Sustainability-oriented Ecologies of Learning: A Response to Systemic Global Dysfunction Arjen E.J. Wals PART 2 Advancing Ecologies for Learning and Practice in Higher Education 6 Ecologies for Learning and Practice in Higher Education Ecosystems Norman Jackson 7 Ecological Thinking about Education Strategy in Universities Peter Goodyear and Robert A. Ellis 8 Education and Innovation Ecotones Ann Pendleton-Jullian 9 Ecosystem Empowerment: Unlocking Human Potential Through Value Creation Sasha Barab, Anna Arici, Earl Aguilera, and Kathryn Dutchin 10 Building Doctoral Ecologies and Ecological Curricula: Sprawling Spaces of Learning in Researcher Education Søren S.E. Bengtsen PART 3 Ecologies for Learning and Practice in the World 11 Learning Ecologies at Work Karen Evans 12 From Learning Ecologies to Ecologies for Creative Practice Norman Jackson 13 Learning in the Cat’s Cradle: Weaving Learning Ecologies in the City Keri Facer, Magdalena Buchczyk, Liz Bishop, Helen Bolton, Zehra Haq, Jackie Gilbert, Gideon Thomas, Jessica Tomico, and Xiujuan Wang 14 Society as a Learning Ecology: Glimpsed and Now Disappearing? Ronald Barnett Epilogue : Practice seldom makes perfect but … Ronald Barnett and Norman Jackson Index

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Ecologies for Learning and Practice is an amazing book - both eye opening and optimistic. It's subtitle: Emerging Ideas, Sightings and Possibilities precisely captures its intent and content! ...the writers expand our own imagination of new approaches to learning, to new institutional architectures for learning in a white-water world...We should congratulate [the editors] for assembling such a provocative collection of authors that helps unpack how learning can be reconstituted in an ever changing world. John Seely Brown- Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corp and head of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California, USA Ecologies for Learning and Practice is an amazing book-both eye opening and optimistic. Its subtitle: Emerging Ideas, Sightings, and Possibilities precisely captures its intent and content!...The writers expand our own imagination of new approaches to learning, to new institutional architectures for learning in a white-water world...We should congratulate [the editors] for assembling such a provocative collection of authors that helps unpack how learning can be reconstituted in an ever-changing world. -John Seely Brown, Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corp and head of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California, USA

Ecologies for Learning and Practice is an amazing book – both eye opening and optimistic. It’s subtitle: Emerging Ideas, Sightings and Possibilities precisely captures its intent and content! …the writers expand our own imagination of new approaches to learning, to new institutional architectures for learning in a white-water world…We should congratulate [the editors] for assembling such a provocative collection of authors that helps unpack how learning can be reconstituted in an ever changing world. John Seely Brown- Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corp and head of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California, USA Ecologies for Learning and Practice is an amazing book—both eye opening and optimistic. Its subtitle: Emerging Ideas, Sightings, and Possibilities precisely captures its intent and content!…The writers expand our own imagination of new approaches to learning, to new institutional architectures for learning in a white-water world…We should congratulate [the editors] for assembling such a provocative collection of authors that helps unpack how learning can be reconstituted in an ever-changing world. –John Seely Brown, Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corp and head of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California, USA

Ecologies for Learning and Practice is an amazing book - both eye opening and optimistic. It's subtitle: Emerging Ideas, Sightings and Possibilities precisely captures its intent and content! ...the writers expand our own imagination of new approaches to learning, to new institutional architectures for learning in a white-water world...We should congratulate [the editors] for assembling such a provocative collection of authors that helps unpack how learning can be reconstituted in an ever changing world. John Seely Brown- Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corp and head of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California, USA

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Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London, Institute of Education. Norman Jackson is Emeritus Professor, University of Surrey, and Founder of Lifewide Education.

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