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Author Quinn, Jocey.

Title Learning communities and imagined social capital : learning to belong / Jocey Quinn.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]
©2010
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Description 1 online resource (164 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Continuum studies in educational research
Continuum studies in educational research.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Learning to belong -- Critiquing learning communities -- Conceptualising imagined social capital -- Re-imagining educational spaces -- The joy of knowledge -- Conclusion.
Summary 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 v.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Adult education -- Great Britain.
Adult education.
Great Britain.
Continuing education -- Great Britain.
Continuing education.
Social capital (Sociology)
Social capital (Sociology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Quinn, Jocey. Learning communities and imagined social capital. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010 9781847061928 (DLC) 2009045376 (OCoLC)432983008
ISBN 9781441139061 (electronic book)
1441139060 (electronic book)
9781847061928 (hardcover)

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