Educational theory and practice have long been dominated by the requirements of formal learning. This book seeks to persuade readers through philosophical argument and empirical examples that the balance should shift back towards the informal. The arguments and examples derive from informal learning in diverse situations, such as leisure activities, as a preparation for and as part of work, and as a means of surviving undesirable circumstances like dead-end jobs and incarceration.
Educational theory and practice have long been dominated by the requirements of formal learning. This book seeks to persuade readers through philos...
Active citizenship is an objective of schooling in an increasingly complex context, in which social cohesion of the multicultural society is a cause for growing societal concern. International co-operation between European countries and a growing heterogeneity of the (school) populations of most European countries have led to an increased interest in education for citizenship. The core question dealt with pertains to the role that schools can play in developing citizenship through formal and informal learning.
Day-to-day school life is seen as a rich environment in which aspects of...
Active citizenship is an objective of schooling in an increasingly complex context, in which social cohesion of the multicultural society is a caus...
The concept of individual responsibility has taken on a signi?cance comparable to that of choice in the global rise of neo-liberalism of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The rise of neo-liberalism is most often analysed through the lenses of theory, governmentality and societal structures. There has been a tendency for an- ysis to become overly abstract with the subjective experiences of the social actors missing dimensions in the literature. This book draws on more than 20 years of international research that has focused on the subjective experiences of people as actors in changing...
The concept of individual responsibility has taken on a signi?cance comparable to that of choice in the global rise of neo-liberalism of the late 20th...
Why we are the "other women" This book recognizes a reality, our reality, that of the "other women." Why are we the "other women"? Because we are women who, given the fact that we have not had the chance to obtain an academic education, were silenced and have remained outside of the spaces for public debate about women. This exclusion is worse if we are immigrants or belong to an ethnic minority. Those of us who are housewives, domestic workers or factory workers, because we do not have academic degrees, do not have spaces in which our voices can be heard, where we can say what we want. At...
Why we are the "other women" This book recognizes a reality, our reality, that of the "other women." Why are we the "other women"? Because we are wome...
