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LSRC research report Section 0 A head B Being, Having and Doing: e in Theories of Learning and Adults with g , Learning Difficulties H a v i n g a n As knowledge about adult learning d D evolves, assumptions and limitations o i n of current theories are tested, g : T challenged and replaced by new h e o understandings. Yet beliefs about r ie s learners with difficulties in learning o f L are more likely to influence decisions e a r about how to teach, and what n in g approaches to adopt, than new a n d knowledge and insights. In this A d literature review the underlying u lt s w purposes of provision for adults it h with learning difficulties are revisited, L e a allowing greater clarity in deciding r n in which strategies best suit their g D fulfillment. This led to a person-centred if f ic u way of conceptualising the purposes lt ie s of learning that offers a more holistic and multi-faceted view of adults with learning difficulties. L S R C r e s e a r c h r e p o r t LSRC research report Being, Having and Doing: Theories of Learning and Adults with Learning Difficulties Lesley Dee Cristina Devecchi Lani Florian with Steve Cochrane The Learning and Skills ©Learning and Skills Research Centre was Development Agency supported by the Learning You are welcome to copy this and Skills Council and the publication for internal use within Department for Education your organisation.Otherwise, and Skills. no part of this publication may Published by the Learning be reproduced,stored in a retrieval and Skills Network system,or transmitted in any www.lsneducation.org.uk form or by any means,electronic, electrical,chemical,optical, Registered with the Charity photocopying,recording or otherwise, Commissioners without prior written permission LSN is committed to providing of the copyright owner. publications that are accessible For further information about the to all.To request additional copies issues discussed in this publication, of this publication or a different please contact: format,please contact: Learning and Skills Network Information Services Tel 020 7297 9000 Learning and Skills Network Regent Arcade House Further information 19–25 Argyll Street For further information about London W1F 7LS the Learning and Skills Council, Tel 020 7297 9144 visit:www.LSC.gov.uk Fax 020 7297 9242 This publication results [email protected] from the Learning and Skills Copyedited by Development Agency’s strategic Nick Sweeney programme of research and development,funded by the Designed by Learning and Skills Council, sans + baum the organisation that exists to Printed by make England better skilled and Blackmore Ltd,Shaftesbury,Dorset more competitive. 062569RC/08/06/2200 1 84572 542 5 LSRC research report 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 LSRC research report 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 LSRC research report Section 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
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