Learning in contemporary culture
By: Will Curtis and Alice Pettigrew
Contributors: Pettigrew, Alice
Series: Perspectives in education studies; Perspectives in education studies
Publisher: Learning Matters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Exeter
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781844452002
Subjects: Learning; Psychology of Learning; Educational anthropology
Description: This book provides an accessible undergraduate-level introduction to the central educational concepts of learning and culture. In examining these themes it addresses key issues, including: what is meant by 'culture'; characteristics commonly associated with contemporary culture; relationships between culture and learning; changing understandings of how, what, where and when we learn; the relationship between learning, national identity and citizenship; and, the impact of all these on our way of life today. These ideas are approached from historical, philosophical, sociological, political and psychological perspectives: the traditional disciplines of Education Studies. Three further chapters take an interdisciplinary approach, considering the relationship between learning and culture, alternative cultures of learning today, and learning in and for multicultural communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.