Knowledge, Power and Learning: (Published in Association with The Open University)

About the Book

`This is a very useful collection. It brings a wide range of articles on aspects of learning in different settings - from high tech companies in Cambridge to school classrooms' - Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning



`This book will stimulate thought in any reader and could be of interest to academics in all subjects, or to educational developers - although it may be of particular use to students of cultural studies, education and communications' - Escalate







`Knowledge, Power and Learning will be of interest to many adult educators who are interested in the "lifelong learning" age and makes, too a contribution to the relatively scarce literature concerned with the school curriculum in this "lifelong learning" perspective' - Studies in the Education of Adults





New technologies are altering the relationship between knowledge, power and learning. The explosion of information resulting from the proliferation of Internet use has led to new questions about the nature of knowledge and how it is legitimated. At the same time, the new emphasis on learning as a lifelong process is changing relationships between teachers and learners and focusing on the multiplicity of sites in which learning can take place. This book considers the influence of the `information age' on the changing relationship between power and knowledge and how this affects learning in a wide range of situations, from the school to the learning organization and from the musical conservatoire to the high-tech workplace.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Carrie Paechter Knowledge, Power and Learning Power, Gender and Curriculum - Carrie Paechter Blurring the Binaries - Doreen Massey High-Tech in Cambridge Meeting Individual Learner Needs - Richard Edwards Power, Subject, Subjection Telling a Story about Research and Research as Story-Telling - Robin Usher Postmodern Approaches to Social Research Apprenticeship as a Conceptual Basis for a Social Theory of Learning - David Guile and Michael Young Questioning the Concept of the Learning Organization - Tara Fenwick What Is Skill and How Is It Acquired? - John Sloboda Theories of Professional Expertise - Michael Eraut Teaching Self-Teaching - Pip Eastop Computers and the Teacher′s Role - Peter Scrimshaw The Information Super-Highway and Postmodernity - Jane Kenway The Social Promise and the Social Price Schooling and the Ownership of Knowledge - Carrie Paechter

About the Author :
Two new volumes on the learning implications of rapid ICT development in everyday contexts.

Review :
`Knowledge, Power and Learning will be of interest to many adult educators who are interested in the "lifelong learning" age and makes, too a contribution to the relatively scarce literature concerned with the school curriculum in this "lifelong learning" perspective′ - Studies in the Education of Adults

Very good to use with alternative viewpoints so that students can discuss and debate. Interesting and informative perspective on knowledge, power and learning in lifelong learning. Of beneficial use to those working across sectors. Excellent articles on power in knowledge and learning There is much value in this book, especially for those into the more ′technological advancements in education. But because the focus for me is on higher education and widening participation a lot of the text is outside the area of research and focus. Having only briefly glanced at this point, I would be inclined to recommend that this text would be useful for students′ extended knowledge and independent study, rather than as a core text.

It is detailed and relevant to the discourse of legitimation of knowledge which is particularly relavant in our current journey towards a ′knowledge′ economy. This is must read for anyone involved (or seeking to become involved) in lifelong learning. Key issues of the relationship between power and lifelong learning are considered in depth in light of of the impact the changing relationships between educators and learners caused by technology. I would recommend all adult educators treat this book as essential reading. While this is a useful text, the topics covered fall outwith the scope of our course. As always, the Learning Matters gives a readable text. Chapter 7 is likely to ignite some reflection for my students to consider skills acquisition.
Some good references provided.

Provides a readable perspective for students who have completed the confinements of ITE and are now starting to critically consider learnings and its relationships.

Will either have as recommended or supplemental for a new Masters in professional development for teachers.

I enjoyed it too. A text that I could take around with me and manage a chapter whenever or wherever.