Learning for Life in the 21st Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education
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Book Description
Education is about developing minds that are ready to thrive in the complex uncertainties of the postmodern world: minds that are curious, confident, critical and collaborative. But how is that to be achieved? What are the implications for schools and teachers of rethinking education in this way? In Learning for Life in the 21st Century, a collection of distinguished international educators and researchers bend their minds to this problem - and come up with solutions and suggestions that are practical, challenging and sometimes surprising.
The book starts from the premise that the most significant factors in shaping minds are the cultural setting in which learning takes place, the activities in which participants engage, and the discourse among them. Underlining the wide acceptance of this perspective, the contributors are drawn from a range of countries, including Finland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the UK and the US. Each expert explores the ideas and challenges that a sociocultural perspective raises for different aspects of schooling and training. What emerges is a coherent and comprehensive picture of what education needs to become in the context of escalating relativism and pluralism in the world.
The contributions are written in a thoughtful, engaging style, free from unnecessary technological jargon, and the volume is structured clearly to correspond to the chronological organization of education.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
About the Author
Gordon Wells is Professor of Education at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Guy Claxton is Professor of Education at the University of Bristol. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Learning for Life in the 21st Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education,Gordon Wells,Guy Claxton,Blackwell Publishers,0631223312,Aims and objectives,Education,Education / Teaching,Educational anthropology,General,Learning,Multicultural Education,Popular Culture - General
Learning for Life in the 21st Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education
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