Recovering Informal Learning Wisdom, Judgement and Community /

• Main Authors: Hager, Paul (Author), Halliday, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series ; 7
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education > Philosophy.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Educational Philosophy.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Sociology of Education.

For too long, theories and practices of learning have been dominated by the requirements of formal learning. Quite simply this book seeks to persuade readers through philosophical argument and empirically grounded examples that the balance should be shifted back towards the informal. These arguments...

Table of Contents:

• Lifelong, Informal and Workplace Learning
• A Brief Genealogy Of Lifelong Learning
• Origins Of A Mistake
• Opportunity And Contingency
• Rethinking Learning
• The Importance Of Contextuality For Learning
• The Idea Of Practice
• The Idea Of Judgement
• Wisdom
• Recovering The Informal.