The Slow Death of Formal Learning: A Polemic

Autor/inn/en	McGuire, David; Gubbins, Claire
Titel	The Slow Death of Formal Learning: A Polemic
Quelle	In: Human Resource Development Review, 9 (2010) 3, S.249-265 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-4843
DOI	10.1177/1534484310371444
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; Educational Environment; Informal Education; Experiential Learning; Information Technology; Learning Processes; Evaluation; Electronic Learning; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Labor Force Development; Adult Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Informationstechnologie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Evaluierung; Unterrichtsmedien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Arbeitskräftebestand; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Over recent years, approaches to education and training have become more informal, situated, outcome focused and experiential. Within this context, formal learning now plays a greatly diminished role, being supplanted by activity-based and technologically-based learning. This article, structured in the form of a polemic challenges readers to critically examine the importance and value of formal learning in modern learning environments. It reviews four propositions charting changes to the learning environment arguing that formal learning plays a central role in deepening an individual's functional and general knowledge. It questions the branding of formal learning as an outdated delivery mode associated with an old-fashioned antiquated pedagogy and argues that decisions on learning styles should be based upon sound evidence-based research. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10