| The Ecology of Learning: Sustainability, Lifelong Learning and Everyday Life Contributor(s): Blewitt, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844072045 ISBN-13: 9781844072040 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: A key starting point for understanding and achieving sustainability are our experiences of everyday life, the meanings and the connections we develop, and the learning and action these experiences engender. This book explores how learning throughout and across life is, and may become, an integral aspect of the process of sustainable development. It addresses the need for "life-long learning," that is, learning that occurs in various aspects of our lives including work, families, home, community groups, or any non-traditional ???school??? or learning environments, to seriously engage with sustainability issues.Coverage includes the relationship between learning and sustainability, sustainability and everyday life, environmental mediascapes, public space and landscapes, learning networks and community action, sustainability learning and leisure, work and the need to reshape our understanding of a learning society. The breadth is impressive with an approachable and easy-to-read engagement with theoretical approaches to lifelong learning and sustainability and a vast range of evidence and case studies drawn from dozens of contexts in the UK/Europe, the USA and Canada. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development |
| Dewey: 333.72 |
| LCCN: 2006012534 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.32" W x 9.2" (0.88 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Your house is flooded by 'unseasonal' heavy rain. What do you learn from this experience? Do you shrug your shoulders and call your insurer? Or do you choose to learn about climate change, switch to renewable energy and lobby politicians? In this insightful book, John Blewitt explores the possibilities for developing a sustainable society through 'lifelong learning' � that is, learning that happens in everyday environments and activities as diverse as shopping, community, 'edutainment', information and communication technology, the internet, broadcasting, people's experience of place and space, green building, social networks and consumer culture. Drawing on a range of sociological, anthropological and educational studies as well as new research, The Ecology of Learning is ideal for educators, teachers, corporate trainers and consultants working to integrate environmental education, sustainability and innovation in non-traditional learning situations. The coverage is extensive, with an accessible but informed engagement with both theory and practice and a wide range of examples. Throughout, the voices, stories and experiences of many people are used to illustrate the ways people may reshape our understanding of learning and sustainability. |
