Changing spaces of education : new perspectives on the nature of learning / edited by Rachel Brooks, Alison Fuller, Johanna Waters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooks, Rachel, 1971-

Fuller, Alison, 1957-

Waters, Johanna L. (Johanna Lesley), 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blended learning.

School environment.

Transnational education.

Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction.

Distance education.

Space--Social aspects.

Space.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"In today's modern climate, education and learning take place in multiple and diverse spaces. Increasingly, these spaces are both physical and virtual in nature. Access to and use of information and communication technologies, and the emergence of knowledge-based economies necessitate an understanding of the plurality of spaces (such as homes, workplaces, international space and cyberspace) in which learning can take place. The spaces of policy making with respect to education are also being transformed, away from traditional centres of policy formation towards the incorporation of a wider range of actors and sites. These changes coincide with a more general interest in space and spatial theory across the social sciences, where notions of simultaneity and diversity replace more modernist conceptions of linear progress and development through time. This volume proffers a unique perspective on the transformation of education in the 21st century, by bringing together leading researchers in education, sociology and geography to address directly questions of space in relation to education and learning. This collection of essays: - examines the changing and diverse spaces and concepts of education (occurring simultaneously at different scales and in different parts of the world) - explores where education and learning take place - discusses how spaces of education vary at different stages (compulsory schooling, tertiary and higher education, adult education and workplace learning) - inspects the ways in which the meanings attached to education and learning change in different national and regional contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Changing spaces of education: an introduction / Rachel Brooks Brooks, Rachel, Alison Fuller Fuller, Alison, Johanna Waters Waters, Johanna 1

Part I International/transnational spaces of education 19

2 Transnational spaces, international students: emergent perspectives on educational mobilities / Johanna Waters Waters, Johanna, Rachel Brooks Brooks, Rachel 21

3 Constructing transnational higher education spaces: international branch campus developments in the United Arab Emirates / Kate Geddie Geddie, Kate 39

4 Third culture kids: the global nomads of transnational spaces of learning / Mary Hayden Hayden, Mary 59

Part II New policy spaces of education 79

5 Autonomy in the global era: Euro-regionalism and new policy spaces in education / Laura C. Engel Engel, Laura C. 81

6 'You expect school to be the happiest times of their lives, but it's not': new policy spaces and the unattainable pursuit of equity / Molly Warrington Warrington, Molly 96

7 School building redesign: everyday spaces, Transformational policy discourses / John Horton Horton, John, Peter Kraftl Kraftl, Peter 114

Part III Lifelong learning and work spaces 135

8 New places of work, new spaces of learning / Alan Felstead Felstead, Alan, Nick Jewson Jewson, Nick 137

9 Bridging institutional divides: linking education, careers and work in 'organizational space' and 'skill space' dominated employment systems / Günter Hefler Hefler, Günter, Jörg Markowitsch Markowitsch, Jörg 159

10 The spatial dimensions of workplace learning: acquiring literacy and numeracy skills within the workplace / Natasha Kersha Kersha, Natasha, Edmund Waite Waite, Edmund, Karen Evans Evans, Karen 182

Part IV Cyber-spaces and virtual learning 203

11 (Im)mobilities and (dis)locating practices in cyber-education / Richard Edwards Edwards, Richard 205

12 Learning in an open world / Gaáinne Conole Conole, Gaáinne 219

13 Cyber-spatial mediations and educational mobilities: international students and the internet / Francis Collins Collins, Francis 244.

ISBN:

9780415672214

041567221X

9780415672221

0415672228

9780203127568

0203127560

OCLC:

694393698