1st Edition

Improving Learning Cultures in Further Education

By David James, Gert Biesta Copyright 2007
224 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through its unique theoretical framework - a cultural understanding of teaching and learning – this book develops a new way of understanding educational improvement, one which focuses on the formation and transformation of the practices through which students learn. Based on detailed ethnographic research of seventeen learning sites in further education colleges, this book generates a unique... Read more

Part 1: What are the Issues?  1. Introduction to the TLC Project and the Book  2. An Outline of the Theoretical Framework  Part 2: What Does the Research Tell Us?  What are Learning Cultures in FE and How do they Change?  3. Learning Cultures Across the Sector  4. Learning Cultures Across Sites  How do Learning Cultures Transform People?  5. The Practices of Learning  6. The Learning of Practices  How Can Learning Cultures be Improved?  7. Managing, Mediating and Mitigating Learning Cultures  8. Policy, Professionality and Transformation  Part 3: What are the Overall Implications? Methodological Appendix

Biography

David James is Professor of Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Latvia. He is a former FE teacher.

Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter and Visiting Professor for Education and Democratic Citizenship at Örebro University and Mälardalen University, Sweden.

"Improving Learning Cultures is of great value for managers and governors" - BJET