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Exploring Informal Learning Space in the University

Author : Graham Walton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131713737X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Informal Learning Space in the University written by Graham Walton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing student numbers, increased student expectations, new approaches to learning, and fast-paced technological advances all contribute to the need for universities to take a more strategic approach to their buildings, including formal and informal learning spaces. Exploring Informal Learning Space in the University addresses the issue of informal learning space from the perspectives of a comprehensive range of stakeholders, including students, academics, facilities managers, university managers, IT managers, architects, interior designers, and librarians. With contributions from a range of experts, practitioners and academics around the world, this book uses a combination of case studies and theoretical discussion to explore the rationale and theory of informal learning space alongside the practicalities of its planning, development and utilization. The volume is at once ambitious and pragmatic, combining innovative thinking with a firm awareness of practicalities, including the varied constraints faced by universities and the need to work in tandem with broader strategies. Advocating broad collaboration at both planning and delivery stage, the result is essential reading for anyone involved in the delivery of learning space provision – from architects and designers, to university managers and strategists. It will also be of particular interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students engaged in the study of library & information science or higher education policy and strategy.

Learning Spaces

Author : Diana Oblinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Learning Spaces written by Diana Oblinger and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El espacio, ya sea físico o virtual, puede tener un impacto significativo en el aprendizaje. Learning Spaces se centra en la forma en que las expectativas de los alumnos influyen en dichos espacios, en los principios y actividades que facilitan el aprendizaje y en el papel de la tecnología desde la perspectiva de quienes crean los entornos de aprendizaje: profesores, tecnólogos del aprendizaje, bibliotecarios y administradores. La tecnología de la información ha aportado capacidades únicas a los espacios de aprendizaje, ya sea estimulando una mayor interacción mediante el uso de herramientas de colaboración, videoconferencias con expertos internacionales o abriendo mundos virtuales para la exploración. Este libro representa una exploración continua a medida que unimos el espacio, la tecnología y la pedagogía para asegurar el éxito de los estudiantes.

Studying Students

Author : Nancy Fried Foster
Publisher : Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN 13 : 0838984371
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis Studying Students by : Nancy Fried Foster

Download or read book Studying Students written by Nancy Fried Foster and published by Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr. This book was released on 2007 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular, we were interested in how students write their research papers and what services, resources, and facilities would be most useful to them. The information collected in this study would guide the libraries' efforts to improve library facilities, reference outreach, and the libraries' Web presence. - Introduction.

Learning Science in Informal Environments

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309141133
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Learning Science in Informal Environments written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning. Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines-research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings-museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens. Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.

Learning Space Design in Higher Education

Author : John Branch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909818385
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Learning Space Design in Higher Education written by John Branch and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology, produced by the international Association Learning in Higher Education's well-tested and rigorous methodology, discusses the concept of learning spaces, the pedagogy of learning spaces, and the way learning spaces are changing.

Towards Creative Learning Spaces

Author : Jos Boys
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136859659
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Towards Creative Learning Spaces written by Jos Boys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new ways of investigating relationships between learning and the spaces in which it takes place. It suggests that we need to understand more about the distinctiveness of teaching and learning in post-compulsory education, and what it is that matters about the design of its spaces. Starting from contemporary educational and architectural theories, it suggests alternative conceptual frameworks and methods that can help map the social and spatial practices of education in universities and colleges; so as to enhance the architecture of post-compulsory education.

Informal Learning in Youth Work

Author : Janet R Batsleer
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473946190
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Informal Learning in Youth Work written by Janet R Batsleer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-05-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal Learning in Youth Work offers fresh perspectives on all aspects of informal education in the youth work setting. Designed to develop the reader′s knowledge and skills, this comprehensive textbook explores key issues such as communication, power relations, ethics, gender exclusion, sexuality, race discrimination and social class. The author places particular emphasis on conversation as a key means of promoting informal learning and engaging effectively with young people. Other key features include: " case studies that illustrate the application of theory to `real-life′ practice " an emphasis on critical reflection, including reflective questions " an easily accessible style, with key terms and tips for further reading " a four-part structure guiding the reader through different stages of conversations and relationships in informal education. Informal Learning in Youth Work provides a unique combination of theoretical analysis and practice tips. Satisfying training and course requirements in the area, it will be essential reading for all students on youth and community work courses, as well as those in allied fields such as education and social work. It will also be a valuable reference for practitioners working with young people on a daily basis.

Surrounded by Science

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309136741
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Surrounded by Science written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-04-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners in informal science settings-museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, libraries, aquariums, zoos, and botanical gardens-are interested in finding out what learning looks like, how to measure it, and what they can do to ensure that people of all ages, from different backgrounds and cultures, have a positive learning experience. Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, is designed to make that task easier. Based on the National Research Council study, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, this book is a tool that provides case studies, illustrative examples, and probing questions for practitioners. In short, this book makes valuable research accessible to those working in informal science: educators, museum professionals, university faculty, youth leaders, media specialists, publishers, broadcast journalists, and many others.

Get Active

Author : Dale Basye
Publisher : International Society for Technology in Education
ISBN 13 : 1564845117
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Get Active written by Dale Basye and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2015-06-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Active learning spaces offer students opportunities to engage, collaborate, and learn in an environment that taps into their innate curiosity and creativity. Students well versed in active learning - the capabilities that colleges, vocational schools and the workforce demand - will be far more successful than those educated in traditional classrooms. Get Active is a practical guide to inform your thinking about how best to design schools and classrooms to support learning in a connected, digital world. From classroom redesigns to schoolwide rennovation projects and new building construction, the authors show the many ways that active learning spaces can improve the learning experience.

Out of the Ruins

Author : Robert H. Haworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629632391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Out of the Ruins written by Robert H. Haworth and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary educational practices are heeding the calls of Wall Street for more corporate control, privatisation and standardised accountability. In many cases, educational policies are created to uphold and serve particular social, political and economic ends. Schools, in a sense, have been tools to reproduce hierarchical, authoritarian and hyper-individualistic models of social order. The important news is that emancipatory educational practices are emerging. Out of the Ruins sets out to explore and discuss the emergence of alternative learning spaces.

Makers at School, Educational Robotics and Innovative Learning Environments

Author : David Scaradozzi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030770400
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Makers at School, Educational Robotics and Innovative Learning Environments by : David Scaradozzi

Download or read book Makers at School, Educational Robotics and Innovative Learning Environments written by David Scaradozzi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book contains observations, outlines, and analyses of educational robotics methodologies and activities, and developments in the field of educational robotics emerging from the findings presented at FabLearn Italy 2019, the international conference that brought together researchers, teachers, educators and practitioners to discuss the principles of Making and educational robotics in formal, non-formal and informal education. The editors’ analysis of these extended versions of papers presented at FabLearn Italy 2019 highlight the latest findings on learning models based on Making and educational robotics. The authors investigate how innovative educational tools and methodologies can support a novel, more effective and more inclusive learner-centered approach to education. The following key topics are the focus of discussion: Makerspaces and Fab Labs in schools, a maker approach to teaching and learning; laboratory teaching and the maker approach, models, methods and instruments; curricular and non-curricular robotics in formal, non-formal and informal education; social and assistive robotics in education; the effect of innovative spaces and learning environments on the innovation of teaching, good practices and pilot projects.

Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World

Author : Javier Calvo de Mora
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429666195
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World by : Javier Calvo de Mora

Download or read book Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World written by Javier Calvo de Mora and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has two purposes: To open up the debate on the role of informal education in schooling systems and to suggest the kind of school organizational environment that can best facilitate the recognition of informal learning. Successive chapters explore what is often seen as a duality between informal and formal learning. This duality is particularly so because education systems expend so much time and effort in certifying formal knowledge often expressed in school subjects reflecting academic disciplines.Recognizing the contribution informal learning can make to young people’s understanding and development does not negate the importance of valued social knowledge: That complements it. Students come to school with knowledge learnt from their families, peers, the community and both traditional and social media. They should not have to "unlearn" this in order to enter the world of formal learning. Rather, students’ different learning "worlds" should be integrated so that each informs the other. In a knowledge-based society, all learning needs to be valued. Some contributors to this book reflect on how new educational systems could be created in a move away from top-down authoritarian and bureaucratic management. Such open systems are seen to be more welcoming in acknowledging the importance of informal learning. Others provide practical examples of how informal learning is currently recognized. Some attention is also paid to the evaluation of informal learning. A key objective of the work presented here is to stimulate debate about the role of informal learning in knowledge-based societies and to stimulate thinking about the kind of reforms needed to create more open and more democratic school learning environments.

The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education

Author : Eric Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135958041
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education written by Eric Margolis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education is a daring look at the way colleges and universities produce race, class, and gender hierarchies and reproduce conservative ideology. These original and provocative essays shed light on all that remains hidden in higher education.

Global Perspectives on Recognising Non-formal and Informal Learning

Author : Madhu Singh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319152785
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Global Perspectives on Recognising Non-formal and Informal Learning by : Madhu Singh

Download or read book Global Perspectives on Recognising Non-formal and Informal Learning written by Madhu Singh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the relevance of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning education and training, the workplace and society. In an increasing number of countries, it is at the top of the policy and research agenda ranking among the possible ways to redress the glaring lack of relevant academic and vocational qualifications and to promote the development of competences and certification procedures which recognise different types of learning, including formal, non-formal and informal learning. The aim of the book is therefore to present and share experience, expertise and lessons in such a way that enables its effective and immediate use across the full spectrum of country contexts, whether in the developing or developed world. It examines the importance of meeting institutional and political requirements that give genuine value to the recognition of non-formal and informal learning; it shows why recognition is important and clarifies its usefulness and the role it serves in education, working life and voluntary work; it emphasises the importance of the coordination, interests, motivations, trust and acceptance by all stakeholders. The volume is also premised on an understanding of a learning society, in which all social and cultural groups, irrespective of gender, race, social class, ethnicity, mental health difficulties are entitled to quality learning throughout their lives. Overall the thrust is to see the importance of recognising non-formal and informal learning as part of the larger movement for re-directing education and training for change. This change is one that builds on an equitable society and economy and on sustainable development principles and values such as respect for others, respect for difference and diversity, exploration and dialogue.

Building Communities of Engaged Readers

Author : Teresa Cremin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317678850
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Building Communities of Engaged Readers written by Teresa Cremin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children’s engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. Building Communities of Engaged Readers highlights the concept of ‘Reading Teachers’ who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Sharing the processes of reading with young readers is an innovative approach to developing new generations of readers. Examining the interplay between the ‘will and the skill’ to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure pedagogy and demonstrates that reader engagement is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Importantly it provides compelling evidence that reciprocal reading communities in school encompass: a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st century; considerable teacher and child knowledge of children’s literature and other texts; pedagogic practices which acknowledge and develop diverse reader identities; spontaneous ‘inside-text talk’ on the part of all members; a shift in the focus of control and new social spaces that encourage choice and children’s rights as readers. Written by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people’s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.

Schools, Food and Social Learning

Author : Gurpinder Singh Lalli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429772505
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Schools, Food and Social Learning written by Gurpinder Singh Lalli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the potential of school dining halls as spaces of social learning through interactions between students and teachers. Schools, Food and Social Learning highlights the neglect of school dining halls in sociological research and the fact that so much can be gained from fostering interpersonal relations with other students and the school staff over meals. The book focuses primarily on social and life skills that students develop during lunch-hour meetings, modelling behaviors while eating and conversing in the school space known as the ‘restaurant’. With case studies based in the UK, the book takes a social constructivist approach to dealing with the tensions and challenges between the aims of the school – creating an eating space that promotes social values and encourages the development of social skills, and the activities of teachers and catering assistants of managing and providing food for many students daily. The book carries snippets of interviews with children, dining hall attendants, teachers, parents and the school leadership team, offering a new way of thinking about social learning for both scholars and students of Social Anthropology, Sociology, Social Policy, Food Policy, Education Studies and Childhood Studies.

Learning in Places

Author : Zvi Bekerman
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820467863
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Learning in Places written by Zvi Bekerman and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning in Places is a concerted effort undertaken by an outstanding group of international researchers to create a resource book that can introduce academic, professional and lay readers to the field of informal learning/education and its potential to transform present educational thinking. The book presents a wealth of ideas from a wide variety of disciplinary fields and methodological approaches covering multiple learning landscapes - in museums, workplaces, classrooms, places of recreation - in a variety of political, social and cultural contexts around the world. Learning in Places presents the most recent theoretical advances in the field; analyzing the social, cultural, political, historical and economical contexts within which informal learning develops and must be critiqued. It also looks into the epistemology that nourishes its development and into the practices that characterize its implementation; and finally reflects on the variety of educational contexts in which it is practiced.