1st Edition

Fragile Learning The Influence of Anxiety

By David Mathew Copyright 2015
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

What are the barriers and obstacles to adults learning? What makes the process of adult learning so fragile? And what exactly do we mean by Fragile Learning ? This book addresses these questions in two ways. In Part One, it looks at challenges to learning, examining issues such as language invention in a maximum security prison, geography and bad technology, and pedagogic fragility in Higher... Read more
Introduction , Challenges to Learning , Prison language , Disease and distance: an anxious diptych , The Stable group , Ethical issues in problem-based learning , On empty spaces: an afterword , Steps forward, steps back , Ghosting , Online Anxiety , Introduction to Part II , Cyberbullying: a workplace virus , From fatigue to anxiety , The absence of E , Cyber tools and virtual weapons , E-learning, time, and unconscious thinking , The role of the online learning personal tutor , Conflict in online learning , The Internet is unwell . . . and will not be at school today

Biography

David Mathew