Learning beyond the classroom : education for a changing world

Learning beyond the classroom : education for a changing world /

Education has become one of our major concerns, at the heart of any strategy for prosperity and social cohesion. But young people are having more difficulty than ever before in adapting to the world they will enter as adults. Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the emerging challenges of...

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Main Author: Bentley, Tom, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:
Educational change > Great Britain.
Education > Aims and objectives > Great Britain.
Active learning > Great Britain.
Continuing education > Great Britain.
Educational sociology > Great Britain.
Educational planning > Great Britain.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The challenges
  • 3. Seeds of solutions : theories
  • 4. Active learning in practice
  • 5. What matters most : key characteristics of active learning projects
  • 6. Learning morality and citizenship
  • 7. Tackling underachievement
  • 8. The challenge of employability
  • 9. Personal capacities
  • 10. Systems of assessment
  • 11. Nurturing learning relationships
  • 12. The new landscape of learning.

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