Recovering Informal Learning: Wisdom, Judgement and Community

Preface. Editorial By Series Editors.- Introduction. What Is Informal Learning. The Central Argument. Outline of The Book.- 1. Lifelong, Informal And Workplace Learning. Origins And Main Understandings Of Lifelong Learning. 2. Some Common Criticisms Of The Concept Of Lifelong Learning. 3. The Literature Of Informal Learning. 4. The Literature Of Workplace Learning. 5. Lifelong Learning As A Stimulus To Reconceptualise Learning.- 2. A Brief Genealogy Of Lifelong Learning. Learning And Living. Learning And The Economy. Vocational Education. Academic Education. High And Low Skills. Personal Stories.- 3. Origins Of A Mistake. A Quest For Inclusion. Empiricism. Policy. Globalisation. Consequences. Exemplars.- 4. Opportunity And Contingency. Public And Private. Political Liberalism. Modus Viviendi Or Consensus? Reinterpreting An Overlapping Consensus. Practical Engagement. Victoria's Story - A Cautionary Tale. A Network Society. Personal Stories Revisited.- 5. Rethinking Learning. Why A Single Account Of Learning Is Unlikely To Be Viable. Metaphor Clusters. Dominance Of The Propositional Learning Cluster. The Key Roles Of Judgement And Context. Exemplars. The Informal Learning And Lifelong Learning Cluster.- 6. The Importance Of Contextuality For Learning. Understandings Of Context. Reasons For Neglecting Context. Informal Learning Is Significantly Contextual. Propositional Learning And Context. What's So Important About Propositional Learning? Learning, Spaces And Contexts. Exemplars. An Informal Recovery Programme.- 7. The Idea Of Practice. Macintyre. Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Practices And Contexts. Practical Involvement. Formal Learning. Exemplars.- 8. The Idea Of Judgement. Making Implicit Context Explicit. Judgement. Interests And Purposes. Exemplars.- 9. Wisdom. A Short Summary Of Wisdom. Shulman And The Wisdom Of Practice. Dreyfus And The Stages Of Attaining Wisdom. Sternberg On Wisdom - The Balance Theory. Exemplars. The Paradox Of Wisdom.- 10.