Envisioning Education in a Post-Work Leisure-Based Society

Envisioning Education in a Post-Work Leisure-Based Society
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9783030463731
ISBN-13 : 3030463737
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Synopsis Envisioning Education in a Post-Work Leisure-Based Society by : Eugene Matusov

This book is both an analytic and imaginative study of the future role of education in a leisure-based society. Grounded in a philosophical approach that draws on the work of Aristotle, Arendt, Keynes, and others, the volume deconstructs modern work-based society, as well as mainstream institutionalized education, which the author argues have systemically alienated students from their education, authorial agency, and society itself. The author argues for the value of intrinsic education, where the goals are based on students' own needs and interests, imagining new opportunities that can arise from the emergence of such a society.

Dialogue in the Language Classroom

Dialogue in the Language Classroom
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781000894950
ISBN-13 : 1000894959
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Dialogue in the Language Classroom by : Roehl Sybing

By providing a contemporary understanding of theories on classroom dialogue through a sociocultural lens, Sybing offers innovative ways to observe and foster more engaged interaction between teacher and student, particularly in language learning contexts. How teachers interact with students has a profound impact on learning outcomes and learner development yet remains a topic that requires more attention in language education. As research and practice in all education domains shift toward more dialogic approaches to the co-construction of knowledge, language education can also benefit from a more comprehensive approach to classroom dialogue that is relevant to interaction with language learners. This book provides a foundational understanding of theories of classroom dialogue relevant to language classroom contexts, which will guide an analysis of teacher–student interactions taken from observations of a language classroom in order to propose a framework for language classroom dialogue for theory and practice. Researchers and practitioners in language education will benefit from a comprehensive overview of discussion of and contemporary research in classroom interaction, sociocultural theory, and intercultural communication. This book offers useful guidance to scholars where such discussions are especially useful for addressing issues of native-speakerism and language ownership.

Brian Sutton-Smith, Playful Scholar

Brian Sutton-Smith, Playful Scholar
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 181
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ISBN-10 : 9780761874461
ISBN-13 : 0761874461
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Brian Sutton-Smith, Playful Scholar by : Michael M. Patte

This book honors the legacy of Dr. Brian Sutton-Smith, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sutton-Smith was considered the premier play scholar of his generation, with numerous publications in the fields of developmental psychology, folklore, anthropology, sociology of sport, education, and philosophy. We present an eclectic array of essays written in honor of the centennial of his birth, ranging from the scholarly to the overtly playful. There are essays distilling his work to their key ideas and some that offer a robust and respectful critique. There are personal anecdotes honoring his memory, and original works of fiction celebrating his legacy. The book is a publication in the TASP biannual Play and Culture Studies series and includes photographs of Brian Sutton-Smith, as well as heartfelt appreciation from scores of colleagues.

Imagining Futures

Imagining Futures
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Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Total Pages : 138
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ISBN-10 : 9780522860955
ISBN-13 : 0522860958
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Synopsis Imagining Futures by : Helen Stokes

Young people consider their future at a stage of life when the structure and relative certainty of school and further education are about to be left behind. This book provides an insight into how young people see themselves, the options they think are available to them and the strategies they use to make their imagined futures possible. Ultimately, Imagining Futures is about identity. It draws on the real-life stories and voices of a range of young people—many of whom are in their final years of secondary school or TAFE—to present an eye-opening portrait who they are, who they aim to become and how.

Metal Music and the Re-imagining of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation

Metal Music and the Re-imagining of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9781838674458
ISBN-13 : 1838674454
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Metal Music and the Re-imagining of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation by : Karl Spracklen

Metal is a form of popular music. Popular music is a form of leisure. In the modern age, popular music has become part of popular culture, a heavily contested collection of practices and industries that construct place, belonging and power.

Re-Imagining Leisure Studies

Re-Imagining Leisure Studies
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781317482482
ISBN-13 : 1317482484
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Re-Imagining Leisure Studies by : Tony Blackshaw

In this provocative new book, Tony Blackshaw argues that Leisure Studies is in a quiet but deep state of crisis. The twenty-first century has brought profound change to all aspects of society, including a plurality of new leisure worlds, and traditional concepts of Leisure Studies fail to capture this richness. This book aims to re-invigorate Leisure Studies by revealing and unpacking these leisure worlds, thereby changing the way we think about leisure and the way we do Leisure Studies. Both trivial and serious in its implications, it is precisely this paradox that makes leisure such a fascinating subject of study. Re-Imagining Leisure Studies presents a new and radical set of methodological rules for studying leisure trends and cultures in contemporary society. It discusses the critical issues that underpin recent developments in leisure theory and explores the key themes of social class, community, politics, freedom and globalization. Marking a turning point in the reception and understanding of Leisure Studies, this book is vital reading for all students and scholars with a social scientific interest in leisure.

Race Ethnicity And Difference: Imagining The Inclusive Society

Race Ethnicity And Difference: Imagining The Inclusive Society
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9780335210954
ISBN-13 : 0335210953
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Race Ethnicity And Difference: Imagining The Inclusive Society by : Ratcliffe, Peter

This book addresses many of the key problems facing contemporary societies. The social significance attached to various forms of difference, most notably ‘race’ and ethnicity, has been seen as resulting in the exclusion of some groups from their full rights as citizens. This, in turn, is viewed as presenting a series of barriers to the creation of more inclusive societies.

Imagining Education

Imagining Education
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Publisher : IAP
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781681237480
ISBN-13 : 1681237482
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Synopsis Imagining Education by : Kevin R. Magill

Given the current social climate this book interrogates capitalism’s relationships to and influence on education. More importantly, this book is part of a greater effort to re?humanize society by generating dialogue, encouraging solidarity and providing analyses of power and avenues for agency in supporting a life beyond the logic of the state and its implied structure, global neoliberal capitalism. The authors speak to the conceptual and material manifestations of neoliberalism that order education. Imagining education is an informed public working against what is understood as self?interest, a reconsideration of a world beyond ideology; popular education aiding social transformation for community, a move away from divisiveness and social struggle. We do not offer easy answers to the problems of global neoliberal capitalism in education, instead the authors in this book offer frameworks for contextualizing neoliberalism, its history, and what education might be on the day after the end of capitalism. This is the rupture of the rationality of global neoliberal capitalism where we examine the potentialities of a world beyond the capitalist organization of consciousness.

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 603
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ISBN-10 : 9781135018955
ISBN-13 : 1135018952
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education by : Dianne Dredge

Tourism is much more than an economic sector, it is also a social, cultural, political, and environmental force that drives societal change. Understanding, responding to, and managing this change will inevitably require knowledge workers who are able to address a range of problems associated with tourism, travel, hospitality, and the increasingly complex operating environment within which they exist. The purpose of this Handbook is to provide an insightful and authoritative account of the various issues that are shaping the higher educational world of tourism, hospitality and events education and to highlight the creative, inventive and innovative ways that educators are responding to these issues. It takes as its central focus a dynamic curriculum space shaped by internal and external factors from global to local scales, a variety of values and perspectives contributed by a range of stakeholders, and shifting philosophies about education policy, pedagogy and teaching practice. A benchmark for future curriculum design and development, it critically reviews the development of conceptual and theoretical approaches to tourism and hospitality education. The Handbook is composed of contributions from specialists in the field, is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content. Providing a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and hospitality education and its future direction this is essential reading for students, researchers and academics in Tourism, Hospitality, Events, Recreation and Leisure Studies.

Re-imagining Playwork through a Poststructural Lens

Re-imagining Playwork through a Poststructural Lens
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 9781000623413
ISBN-13 : 1000623416
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Re-imagining Playwork through a Poststructural Lens by : Linda Jane Shaw

This book explores how poststructural theory can make an important contribution to the growing body of work on playwork as an academic field of practice and research. Drawing on theoretical concepts used by sociologists and philosophers, such as the sociological imagination (Mills); hauntings and the fictive (Derrida) and technologies of power and the self (Foucault), the text considers how these devices may be methodologically productive for playwork research. It reframes research into children and childhood as a process in which research and practice are connected but diverse skills. The book raises questions around power and voice, and highlights the complexity of research which involves human participants and their roles as researcher and/or researched. Chapters relate concepts from post-structural, feminist research and frame them within the context of playwork practice through the use of vignettes constructed from stories told by playwork practitioners and the children with whom they work. A valuable addition to an emerging academic field, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in the fields of playwork research, education and youth studies, early childhood students, and the sociology of education.