Fragile Learning: The Influence of Anxiety

273 Pages·2015·1.65 MB·English

by  David Mathew

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CHAPTERTITLE I
FRAGILE LEARNING
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FRAGILE LEARNING
The Influence of Anxiety
David Mathew
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First published in 2015 by
Karnac Books Ltd
118 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HT
Copyright © 2015 to David Mathew
The right of David Mathew to be identified as the author of this work has
been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and
Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the
prior written permission of the publisher.
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTOR xiii
INTRODUCTION xv
PART I
CHALLENGES TO LEARNING
CHAPTER ONE
Prison language 3
CHAPTER TWO
Disease and distance: an anxious diptych 31
with Susan Sapsed
CHAPTER THREE
The Stable group 45
CHAPTER FOUR
Ethical issues in problem-based learning 63
with Susan Sapsed
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CHAPTER FIVE
On empty spaces: an afterword 73
CHAPTER SIX
Steps forward, steps back 81
with Susan Sapsed
CHAPTER SEVEN
Ghosting 107
PART II
ONLINE ANXIETY
Introduction to Part II 121
CHAPTER EIGHT
Cyberbullying: a workplace virus 123
CHAPTER NINE
From fatigue to anxiety 135
CHAPTER TEN
The absence of E 145
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Cyber tools and virtual weapons 159
CHAPTER TWELVE
E-learning, time, and unconscious thinking 167
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The role of the online learning personal tutor 177
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Conflict in online learning 187
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Internet is unwell . . . and will not be at school today 201
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CONTENTS vii
NOTES 229
REFERENCES 233
INDEX 243
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This book is dedicated to my darling wife, Jackie
offered with thanks to Susan Sapsed
i.m. Joel Lane (1963-2013)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Earlier (and sometimes very different) versions of most of the chap-
ters in Fragile Learning were published before, as follows:
“Prison language” was published as “Prison language: a psycho-
analytic approach to the language of British young offenders in the
twenty-first century” in the International Forum of Psychoanalysis,
Vol. 22, No. 2, 2013.
“Disease and distance: an anxious diptych” has not been published
as it appears in this volume. However, what I have called “Panel One:
the international student and the challenges of lifelong learning” was
published as “The international student and the challenges of lifelong
learning” in E-Learning Papers No. 29 in 2012. “Panel Two: distance
learning students: should we use technology or pedagogy to over-
come work and life obstacles?” was published as “Distance learning
students: should we use technology or pedagogy to overcome work
and life obstacles?” in E-Learning Papers No. 31. Both of these “Panels”
were co-authored with Susan Sapsed.
“The Stable group” was published in a book called Only Connect
. . . Discovery Pathways, Library Explorations, and the Information
Adventure in 2013. The editors were Andrew Walsh and Emma
Coonan.
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