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Learning Legacies

A guide to family learning

Increasingly recognised for its contribution to social inclusion and community regeneration as well as raising educational standards, family learning is a vibrant practice in a fast-changing lifelong learning environment.

This guide provides a comprehensive look at family learning at an important turning point in its development.

Setting out an inclusive notion of the learning that families and friends undertake in homes, communities, schools and the workplace, this guide discusses the context for family learning in terms of relevant research evidence and government policy. Major approaches, including parenting education, pre-school family learning, home-school relationships, and family learning in the workplace and community, are analysed. The book provides a detailed account of family learning in practice, from the early stage of ‘getting started’ through to funding provision and quality assurance. Throughout the text there are examples of good practice and case studies drawn from a wide range of family learning settings.

Reviews

"…clearly written by someone who knows the field well. This small book is a gem of compact information and lucid guidance through a horribly complex field of theory, policy and practice. This is a useful, handy guide - everyone working in this field could have one on their shelf."
(Hetty Einzig, Learning for Life)

"Particular strengths are the clarity of its underpinning concepts, the succinctness of its presentation, and rich illustration with short practical examples. [Learning Legacies] will be of considerable use to professional working in this field."
(Stevie Rosso, Raising Quality & Achievment Newsletter - LSDA)

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