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Supporting Lifelong Learning: Perspectives on learning
This Open University Reader examines the practices of learning and teaching which have been developed to support lifelong learning, and the understanding and assumptions which underpin them. The selection of texts trace the widening scope of academic understanding of learning and teaching, and considers the implications for those who develop programmes of learning. It examines in great depth those theories which have had the greatest impact in the field, theories of reflection and learning from experience and theories of situated learning. The implications of these theories ar examined in relation to themes which run across the reader, namely, workplace learning, literacies, and the possibilities offered by information and communication technologies. The particular focus of this Reader is on the psychological or cognitive phenomena that happen in the minds of individual learners. The readings have been selected to represent a range of experience in different sectors of education from around the globe.
TVEI at the Change of Life
The Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) has been a major curriculum innovation for schools and colleges in the United Kingdom during the mid-eighties. It has initiated a new form of curriculum development through categoric funding and a new focus for the education of 14-18 year olds that is vocational, practical and gives the students more responsibility for their own learning. The pilot phase of the project is coming to a close, and soon all secondary schools will be involved in TVEI.
Working to Learn
International in scope, Working to Learn brings together acknowledged experts in this field. Taking both evidence-based and analytical perspectives, the book challenges many of the generalizations about the changing nature of work and skills, and identifies the workplace itself a critical site for access to learning. In doing so, it develops an illuminating perspective on the social context of the modern workplace and highlights the implications of change for management, for the regulat.
Telecare
This innovative study explores the implications of delivering new health and care services to residents in their own homes through the use of ICT ('telecare'). Recommendations for policy makers are presented, based on an analysis of the barriers, risks, challenges and marketing opportunities that telecare presents.
Vicar to Dad's Army
He is one of the best known faces in television comedy, yet the long-suffering vicar of Walmington-on-Sea is in real life a Christian of deep conviction. Perfectly cast as the eccentric vicar, constantly tetchy at the invasion of his church hall by Captain Mainwaring and the elderly platoon, he appeared in the famous BBC series throughout its nine-year run and also in many other television and stage dramas. Still in constant demand for public appearances Frank takes an affectionate view behind the scenes of Dad's Army and the world of show business and reveals his personal journey through faith.
Technology and In/equality
Using a cross-discipline approach to their topic, the authors examine the question of technology's impact on society, examining social, economic, employment, and ethical issues. Individual papers consider the use and control of the Internet; access, democracy, and technology in community television in Canada; issues of equality, access and choice in the transactional television environment; gender and inequality in computer education; and inequality, work and technology in the services sector. The editors and most of the contributors teach in the department of innovation studies at the U. of East London, England. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Learning at Work
This new series makes an important contribution to the public debate on lifelong learning which has been galvanised by the publicatin of the government's Green Paper 'The Learning Age' in February 1998.
Engineers in Japan and Britain
Engineers are a key occupational group in the transformation of the modern world. Contrasts between Japans economic miracle and Britains relative economic decline have often been linked to differences in education, training and employment of engineers. Yet, such views have often rested on little more than colourful anecdotes and selective statistics. Using careful and systematic comparisons, Kevin McCormick locates the differences between rhetoric and reality to dismiss both the inflated claims of the 1980s and the excessive detraction of the 1990s with Japans prolonged recession.
Speaking Truth to Power
In this collection of essays researchers discuss the implications of their findings for policy. They make recommendations for policy makers and those concerned to improve the quality of learning at work.
