Learning in Places: The Informal Education Reader (Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education)
by Zvi Bekerman
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Zvi Bekerman teaches anthropology of education at the School of Education and The Melton Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and has served as a research fellow at the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University. His main research interests are in the study of cultural, ethnic and national identity, including identity show more processes and negotiations during intercultural encounters and in formal/informal learning contexts. Recently his research has focused on educational strategies and processes geared towards the achievement of peace and reconciliation. Michallnos Zembylas is Associate Professor of Education at the Open University of Cyprus. His research interests are in the areas of educational philosophy and curriculum theory, and his work focuses on exploring the role of emotion and affect in curriculum and pedagogy. He is particularly interested in how affective politics intersect with issues of social justice pedagogies, intercultural and peace education, and citizenship education. show less
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