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124 Pages·2006·0.28 MB·English

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LSRC research report
Being, Having and Doing:
Theories of Learning and Adults with
Learning Difficulties
Lesley Dee
Cristina Devecchi
Lani Florian
with Steve Cochrane
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Contents
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1 Section 1 Executive summary
Main findings
Implications for practitioners
Implications for the Learning and Skills Council
7 Section 2 Introduction and background
Introduction
Aims
Who are the learners?
Perspectives on learning
The rationale for the review
Background to the review
Conclusion
23 Section 3 Methodology and conceptual framework
Introduction
Method
Towards a conceptual framework
Theories of disability and learning
35 Section 4 Being, having and doing
Being
Having
Doing
Conclusion
61 Section 5 Conclusions
References
86 Appendix 1 Twentieth century theories of learning
92 Appendix 2 List of search terms
94 Appendix 3 List of databases
95 Appendix 4 List of journals
97 Appendix 5 Key database fields
Annotated bibliography
Figures and tables
Figures
32 1 Purposes of learning
Tables
51 1 Outcomes associated with self-determination,self-advocacy
and empowerment
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Acknowledgments
We wish to thank the following people for their advice and
support during the preparation of this report:Cecilia Brindle,
Yola Jacobsen,Sally Faraday,Ruth Kershner,Liz Maudslay,
Dawn Male,Gill O’Toole,Reg Smith and John Vorhaus.
Thanks also go to Joan Dearman for all her help in preparing
the manuscript.
List of abbreviations
ACE
Adult and Community Education
AEI
Australian Education Index
ALI
Adult Learning Inspectorate
BEI
British Education Index
CERI
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
DDA
Disability Discrimination Act
DfES
Department for Education and Skills
EPPI-centre
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information
ERIC
Education Resource Information Center
FEFC
Further Education Funding Council
FEU
Further Education Unit
FHE
Further and Higher Education
HFT
Home Farm Trust
LEA
Local Education Authority
LSC
Learning and Skills Council
LSDA
Learning and Skills Development Agency
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NFER
National Foundation for Educational Research
NIACE
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
NRDC
National Research and Development Centre
NTD
National Development Team
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OFSTED
Office for Standards in Education
QCA
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
RARPA
Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement
SPRU
Social Policy Research Unit
TLRP
Teaching and Learning Research Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organisation