Learning-in-Community - Reflections on Practice

Many of the titles on active/experiential learning concepts are focused on the K-12 setting. They are often how-to books, rather than theory-based. Learning-in-Community extends Kolb's experiential learning theory to community-based projects. It takes a conceptually-grounded approach to active learning through technology-based projects. The book traces the conceptual and operational development of learning-in-community over the decade that we have used it in our teaching. It concludes by outlining a logical next step in efforts to democratize technology: social activism. Training the new ICT professional at a time of significant inequality in access to ICTs would be seriously inadequate if it ignored social responsibility.
This book is intended for faculty of undergraduate and graduate-level courses in information technology, business and management.

List of contents

1 Introduction.- 2 An extended model of learning.- 3 Locating learning.- 4 Evaluating learning.- 5 Implementing the extended model of learning.- 6 Toward a radical view of practice.- References.

Summary

Many of the titles on active/experiential learning concepts are focused on the K-12 setting. They are often how-to books, rather than theory-based. Learning-in-Community extends Kolb's experiential learning theory to community-based projects. It takes a conceptually-grounded approach to active learning through technology-based projects. The book traces the conceptual and operational development of learning-in-community over the decade that we have used it in our teaching. It concludes by outlining a logical next step in efforts to democratize technology: social activism. Training the new ICT professional at a time of significant inequality in access to ICTs would be seriously inadequate if it ignored social responsibility.
This book is intended for faculty of undergraduate and graduate-level courses in information technology, business and management.

Product details

• Authors: J. Marsden, Jerrold Marsden, Jerrold E. Marsden, R. V. Small, R.V. Small, Ruth V. Small, M. Venkatesh, M. (Syracuse University Venkatesh, Murali Venkatesh
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9781402013874
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-1387-4
• No. of pages: 122
• Weight: 361 g
• Illustrations: VII, 122 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); C, Sociology of Education, Education, Learning, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Education, general, Learning & Instruction, Social research & statistics, Teaching skills & techniques, Instruction, Educational sociology, Instructional Psychology