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Zusatztext 'For me a particular strength of the book is the iconoclastic approach taken to some of the concepts that now seem ubiquitous in educational literature - particularly notions of identity, community and social capital... It is refreshing to read any academic work that does not simply tread the same old path, but which seeks to find new forms of expression - motivated not by idle preferences but by trying to find the best way of sharing particular ideas. I do not agree with all of the author's arguments and conclusions, but I do not think she expects any reader to. This is a book as dialogue.' Informationen zum Autor Jocey Quinn is Professor of Education at the University of Plymouth, UK, and former Professor at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education at London Metropolitan University, UK. She is also Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter, UK. Vorwort Using theory drawn from education, feminist theory, cultural studies and human geography, this work explores the related issues of belonging, learning and community. Zusammenfassung This volume critically explores themes of belonging, learning and community, drawing on a range of research studies conducted with adult learners in formal and informal contexts and employing interdisciplinary theory from education, feminist theory, cultural studies and human geography. Dominant but simplistic and regulatory ideas and practices of learning community in higher education and lifelong learning are critiqued. Instead, Jocey Quinn argues that learners gain most benefit from creating their own symbolic communities and networks, which help to produce imagined social capital. A rich variety of empirical data is used to explore and demonstrate how such imagined social capital works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction \ 1. Learning to Belong \ 2. Critiquing Learning Communities and Communities of Practice \ 3. Conceptualising Imagined Social Capital \ 4. Re-imagining Educational Spaces \ 5. The Joy of Knowledge \ 6. Conclusion: Who Can Learn to Belong? \ References \ Index...
