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Journal of Education and Research
Recent debates indicate that there is a lack of focus on ontological transformation within univer... more Recent debates indicate that there is a lack of focus on ontological transformation within university study due to an over-reliance on a tick-box approach to skill acquisition (Wilson et.al 2013, p. 1223). This paper discusses a recent initiative undertaken at a tertiary pathways institution focused on the utilisation of an alternative productive process to assess student learning. This alternative assessment approach was designed to better engage a specific student cohort that differs significantly from ‘conventional student bodies’ both socio-economically and educationally. It has been noted that many students within the cohort do not have the ‘assumed cultural capital’ (Delvin 2011) that facilitates success in a traditional tertiary environment. This paper focuses on how a debate assessment was modified using the concept of spiral curriculum (Bruner cited in Takaya 2008) to better align with the specific needs of the cohort and course outcomes. The concept was used as a scaffoldi...
International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2003
Researching International Pedagogies, 2009
International students from Asia studying in English-speaking countries face varying pedagogical ... more International students from Asia studying in English-speaking countries face varying pedagogical challenges. For some, their written English can be dismissed as discon-nected. Others can find themselves accused of the poor placement of headings, or worse, of copying sections of ...
Habitat International, 1998
Habitat International, 1998
Klong Luang is a rapidly urbanizing district to the north of Bangkok with a high concentration of... more Klong Luang is a rapidly urbanizing district to the north of Bangkok with a high concentration of factories. The factories employ predominantly young, unmarried immigrant women workers, who have a specific housing demand: low-cost rental apartments which are ...
Adult Education Quarterly, 2008
This article reports the results of an inquiry into the embeddedness of nonformal education (NFE)... more This article reports the results of an inquiry into the embeddedness of nonformal education (NFE) in the work of knowledge service providers, analyzing the dilemmas they experience in their operations around a public housing precinct. It explores the proposition that the networking of NFE providers is a mechanism by which a fragmented community might be repositioned socially and economically. NFE is seen as a bridge for extending and deepening existing social capital. The learning activities offered by the knowledge service providers are compared with the lifelong learning outcomes expected through NFE. The analysis positions these NFE providers in terms of their relative strengths and weakness, and indicates how these impacts on their projected sustainability. Community learning through non-formal education via the networking of knowledge providers is shown to involve serious tensions.
Journal of Education and Research
Recent debates indicate that there is a lack of focus on ontological transformation within univer... more Recent debates indicate that there is a lack of focus on ontological transformation within university study due to an over-reliance on a tick-box approach to skill acquisition (Wilson et.al 2013, p. 1223). This paper discusses a recent initiative undertaken at a tertiary pathways institution focused on the utilisation of an alternative productive process to assess student learning. This alternative assessment approach was designed to better engage a specific student cohort that differs significantly from ‘conventional student bodies’ both socio-economically and educationally. It has been noted that many students within the cohort do not have the ‘assumed cultural capital’ (Delvin 2011) that facilitates success in a traditional tertiary environment. This paper focuses on how a debate assessment was modified using the concept of spiral curriculum (Bruner cited in Takaya 2008) to better align with the specific needs of the cohort and course outcomes. The concept was used as a scaffoldi...
International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2003
Researching International Pedagogies, 2009
International students from Asia studying in English-speaking countries face varying pedagogical ... more International students from Asia studying in English-speaking countries face varying pedagogical challenges. For some, their written English can be dismissed as discon-nected. Others can find themselves accused of the poor placement of headings, or worse, of copying sections of ...
Habitat International, 1998
Habitat International, 1998
Klong Luang is a rapidly urbanizing district to the north of Bangkok with a high concentration of... more Klong Luang is a rapidly urbanizing district to the north of Bangkok with a high concentration of factories. The factories employ predominantly young, unmarried immigrant women workers, who have a specific housing demand: low-cost rental apartments which are ...
Adult Education Quarterly, 2008
This article reports the results of an inquiry into the embeddedness of nonformal education (NFE)... more This article reports the results of an inquiry into the embeddedness of nonformal education (NFE) in the work of knowledge service providers, analyzing the dilemmas they experience in their operations around a public housing precinct. It explores the proposition that the networking of NFE providers is a mechanism by which a fragmented community might be repositioned socially and economically. NFE is seen as a bridge for extending and deepening existing social capital. The learning activities offered by the knowledge service providers are compared with the lifelong learning outcomes expected through NFE. The analysis positions these NFE providers in terms of their relative strengths and weakness, and indicates how these impacts on their projected sustainability. Community learning through non-formal education via the networking of knowledge providers is shown to involve serious tensions.