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LEARNING FOR LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE FUTURE |
| By: |
Gordon Wells (Editor), Guy Claxton (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£118.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631223304 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631223306 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
19 April, 2002 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
While conventional approaches tend to view education as the accumlation of knowledge, skill and understanding, there is a growing appreciation that it is concerned with the development of the mind. This book discusses education as enculturation. |
| Synopsis: |
Education is about developing minds that are ready to thrive in the complex uncertainties of the postmodern world: minds that are curious, confident, critical and collaborative. But how is that to be achieved? What are the implications for schools and teachers of rethinking education in this way? In Learning for Life in the 21st Century, a collection of distinguished international educators and researchers bend their minds to this problem - and come up with solutions and suggestions that are practical, challenging, and sometimes surprising. The book starts from the premise that the most significant factors in shaping minds are the cultural setting in which learning takes place, the activities in which participants engage, and the discourse among them. Underlining the wide acceptance of this perspective, the contributors are drawn from a range of countries: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, the UK and the US . Each chapter explores the ideas and challenges that a sociocultural perspective raises for different aspects of schooling and lifelong education.What emerges is a coherent and comprehensive picture of what education needs to become in the context of escalating relativism and diversity in the world. The contributions are written in a thoughtful, engaging style, free from unnecessary technological jargon, and the volume is structured clearly to correspond to the chronological organization of education. |
| Illustrations: |
12 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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