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The authors provide a variety of perspectives on the
conceptualisation of adult learning, drawing on sociology,
psychology, adult education and applied research into how adults
experience learning. Bringing together a number of major
contributions to current debates about what learning during
adulthood is for, what motivates learning, and how best it might be
developed, the authors address a range of significant issues: What
should be the context of learning programmed for adults, and who
should decide? What are the implications in general and for women
in particular of the current emphasis on learning for work, at
work? How do adults learn and how is learning best facilitated? How
might learning be used to empower individuals, communities and
organisations?
Now that learning is seen as lifelong and lifewide, what
specifically makes a learning context? What are the resultant
consequences for teaching practices when working in specific
contexts? Drawing upon a variety of academic disciplines,
Rethinking Contexts for Learning and Teaching explores some of the
different means of understanding teaching and learning, both in and
across contexts, the issues they raise and their implications for
pedagogy and research. It specifically addresses
Drawing upon practical examples and the UK s TLRP, this book
brings together a number of leading researchers to examine the
assumptions about context embedded within specific teaching and
learning practices. It considers how they might be developed to
extend opportunity by drawing upon learning from a range of
contexts, including schools, colleges, universities and
workplaces.
The authors provide a variety of perspectives on the conceptualisation of adult learning, drawing on sociology, psychology, adult education and applied research into how adults experience learning. Bringing together a number of major contributions to current debates about what learning during adulthood is for, what motivates learning, and how best it might be developed, the authors address a range of significant issues: What should be the context of learning programmed for adults, and who should decide? What are the implications in general and for women in particular of the current emphasis on learning for work, at work? How do adults learn and how is learning best facilitated? How might learning be used to empower individuals, communities and organisations?
Now that learning is seen as lifelong and lifewide, what
specifically makes a learning context? What are the resultant
consequences for teaching practices when working in specific
contexts? Drawing upon a variety of academic disciplines,
Rethinking Contexts for Learning and Teaching explores some of the
different means of understanding teaching and learning, both in and
across contexts, the issues they raise and their implications for
pedagogy and research. It specifically addresses
Drawing upon practical examples and the UK s TLRP, this book
brings together a number of leading researchers to examine the
assumptions about context embedded within specific teaching and
learning practices. It considers how they might be developed to
extend opportunity by drawing upon learning from a range of
contexts, including schools, colleges, universities and
workplaces.
This work is a labour of love by the writer Mary Thorpe as a
tribute to her much loved Granny O'Rourke (nee Nolan) in an attempt
to place the stories she heard and was told into a true and
historical context. As a social worker who came across many cases
of social deprivation in modern times, in the various Social Work
Departments in which she worked in the South East and North West of
England, Mary had the dawning realisation regarding what her own
Grandmother had been through in even harder times in the late part
of the Nineteenth Century and early part of the Twentieth Century
in Ireland and sought to record this. Mary felt the driving need to
record her much loved grandmother's story as recognition of
Bridget's harsh life and also as a tribute to her and the millions
of others like her who made the best of things whilst still
retaining a sense of pride, of the worth of education as a ticket
out of poverty and of the importance of retaining one's dignity and
commitment to family through good and bad times. Mary acknowledges
that Bridget possessed the old Irish good luck as well, in marrying
a 'good man' and in gaining the "sponsorship" of her patron-N.
Stanislav Murphy. Within the telling of Bridget's story however,
Mary is also writing about an era of tough times and she
acknowledges 'these roots' as the make-up of her own resilient,
Irish character. She is proud of her grandmother's achievements
especially with regard to the life chances Bridget was able to
create for her family, and rightly so Mary uses the life of Bridget
to celebrate the achievements of other women in Dublin and Bray, in
fact from all over Ireland, in this era, and as such, this story
will be of interest to anyone with Irish ancestry. Mary hopes her
readers will enjoy the mix of history and biography as an authentic
record of times past and that this will be an addition to Celtic
history from an empathetic and homespun point of view. Mary clearly
believes that 'our roots' are as important just as 'our word is our
bond'.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ A Visit To The Old House In The Country. Followed By] The Man
Without The Key, By E. Thorp. Followed By] John Brown's Family, By
M. Thorp Eliza Thorp, Mary Thorp (novelist.)
Title: Letters from Italy. ... Translated by Mrs. Thorpe,
etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the
development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights
include the development of language, political and educational
systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents
periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion
into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of
new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The
below data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
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British Library Laveleye, Emile Louis; Thorpe, Mary; 1886. xi. 298
p.; 8 . 10130.bbb.9.
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typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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