Revisiting 'how we learn' in academia : practice-based learning exchanges in three Australian universities


Autoria(s): Hodge, Paul; Wright, Sarah; Barraket, Jo; Scott, Marcelle; Melville, Rose; Richardson, Sarah
Data(s)

16/09/2010

Resumo

Ideas of 'how we learn' in formal academic settings have changed markedly in recent decades. The primary position that universities once held on shaping what constitutes learning has come into question from a range of experience-led and situated learning models. Drawing on findings from a study conducted across three Australian universities, the article focuses on the multifarious learning experiences indicative of practice-based learning exchanges such as student placements. Building on both experiential and situated learning theories, the authors found that students can experience transformative and emotional elucidations of learning, that can challenge tacit assumptions and transform the ways they understand the world. It was found that all participants (hosts, students, academics) both teach and learn in these educative scenarios and that, contrary to common (mis)perceptions that academics live in 'ivory towers', they play a crucial role in contributing to learning that takes place in the so-called 'real world'.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/37748/

Publicador

Routledge/Talyor & Francis

Relação

DOI:10.1080/03075070903501895

Hodge, Paul, Wright, Sarah, Barraket, Jo, Scott, Marcelle, Melville, Rose, & Richardson, Sarah (2010) Revisiting 'how we learn' in academia : practice-based learning exchanges in three Australian universities. Studies in Higher Education, pp. 1-17.

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Copyright 2010 Society for Research into Higher Education

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Fonte

Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies; QUT Business School

Palavras-Chave #150199 Accounting Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified #150301 Business Information Management (incl. Records Knowledge and Information Management and Intelligence) #Experiential learning #Practice-based learning #Communities of practice #Learning theory #Community engagement
Tipo

Journal Article