Identity, Community, and Learning Lives in the Digital Age

Karier, Tom. Ed(s): Erstad, Ola; Sefton-Green, Julian

ISBN 10: 1107507278 / ISBN 13: 9781107507272

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

About this Item

This book analyzes research on education, identity and community, exploring the ways in which learning can be characterized across 'whole-life' experiences. Editor(s): Erstad, Ola; Sefton-Green, Julian. Num Pages: 254 pages, 11 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JMC; JMRL; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400. . 2015. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Identity, Community, and Learning Lives in the Digital Age
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107507278
• ISBN 13: 9781107507272
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Recent work on education, identity, and community has expanded the intellectual boundaries of learning research. From home-based studies examining youth experiences with technology, to forms of entrepreneurial learning in informal settings, to communities of participation in the workplace, family, community, trade union, and school, research has attempted to describe and theorize the meaning and nature of learning. Learning Lives offers a systematic reflection on these studies, exploring how learning can be characterized across a range of “whole-life” experiences. The volume brings together hitherto discrete and competing scholarly traditions: sociocultural analyses of learning, ethnographic literacy research, geo-spatial location studies, discourse analysis, comparative anthropological studies of education research, and actor network theory. The contributions are united through a focus on the ways in which learning shapes lives in a digital age.

About the Authors

Ola Erstad is a professor in the Department of Educational Research, University of Oslo. Professor Erstad works across the fields of media and educational research and has published widely on issues of technology and education.

Julian Sefton-Green is an independent consultant and researcher. He is a principal research fellow at the London School of Economics and an honorary professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has published widely on media education, informal learning and creativity.