Ecologies for Learning and Practice

By introducing the reader to the nature of learning ecologies - recognising how learners consider themselves, their personal development and their learning spaces - this book outlines the history of the concept and locates it within the context of the contemporary world.

Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London, Institute of Education. Norman Jackson is Emeritus Professor, University of Surrey, and Founder of Lifewide Education.

List of figures List of tables List of contributors 1 Introduction: Steps to Ecologies for Learning and Practice Norman Jackson and Ronald Barnett PART 1 Towards Ecologies for Learning and Practice 2 Animating Systems: The Ecological Value of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model of Development Leah O'Toole, Nóirín Hayes, and Ann Marie Halpenny 3 Weaving Ecologies for Learning: Engaging Imagination in Place-based Education Gillian Judson 4 Learning Ecologies: Liminal States and Student Transformation Maggi Savin-Baden 5 Sustainability-oriented Ecologies of Learning: A Response to Systemic Global Dysfunction Arjen E.J. Wals PART 2 Advancing Ecologies for Learning and Practice in Higher Education 6 Ecologies for Learning and Practice in Higher Education Ecosystems Norman Jackson 7 Ecological Thinking about Education Strategy in Universities Peter Goodyear and Robert A. Ellis 8 Education and Innovation Ecotones Ann Pendleton-Jullian 9 Ecosystem Empowerment: Unlocking Human Potential Through Value Creation Sasha Barab, Anna Arici, Earl Aguilera, and Kathryn Dutchin 10 Building Doctoral Ecologies and Ecological Curricula: Sprawling Spaces of Learning in Researcher Education Søren S.E. Bengtsen PART 3 Ecologies for Learning and Practice in the World 11 Learning Ecologies at Work Karen Evans 12 From Learning Ecologies to Ecologies for Creative Practice Norman Jackson 13 Learning in the Cat's Cradle: Weaving Learning Ecologies in the City Keri Facer, Magdalena Buchczyk, Liz Bishop, Helen Bolton, Zehra Haq, Jackie Gilbert, Gideon Thomas, Jessica Tomico, and Xiujuan Wang 14 Society as a Learning Ecology: Glimpsed and Now Disappearing? Ronald Barnett Epilogue : Practice seldom makes perfect but ... Ronald Barnett and Norman Jackson Index