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Ecology of Development Norman Jackson, Lifewide
Education Copies of slides and background
studies http//www.normanjackson.co.uk/kingston.h
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IDEA

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Learning developing through and across the
contexts, situations and time frames of our life

o t h e r
FUTURE
AWAYDAY
Lifelong learning All learning activity
undertaken throughout life with the aim of
improving knowledge, skills and competencies
within a personal, civic, social and/or
employment- related perspective (Commission of
European Communities 20019)
family / home
formal education
interests/ hobbies
work
PRESENT
Lifewide learning All learning and personal
development that emerges through activities in
the multiple contexts and situations we inhabit
contemporaneously at any point in our life, with
the aim of fulfilling roles and achieving
specific goals, and continuously developing
knowledge, understanding, skills, capabilities,
dispositions and values within personal, civic,
social and/or employment-related contexts.
PAST
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My lifelong journey through work
R E DUNDAN T
2003-05 HEA new org
2005-11 Uni Surrey CETL new org org closed
2000-03 LTSN new org org merged
2011-14 Chalk Mountain Ltd new org
2011-14 Lifewide Education CIC new org
1998-2003 Uni Surrey dept closed
1997-2000 QAA new org
self-employed
U N E M P L O Y E D
R E DUNDAN T
I N DUC T I ON
U N E M P L O Y E D
90-93 HMI org closed
1995-97 HEQC org merged
1993-95 est. new dept Uni Plymouth
1985-90 Senior Lecturer Kingston Poly
1980-85 Principal Economic Geologist
DGMR Saudi Arabia
1971 summer work in Cornish tin mine
1962 Sat milk round
1968 Sat job supermarket
1973-74 FT geology technician
1977-80 Ass. Professor King Abdul Aziz Uni
Saudi Arabia
b1950
school PT work
university PT work
1963-67 daily newspaper round
1969-70 summer work restaurant kitchens in
Newquay Christmas post
1972 6 months working in tin mine Start of PhD
1974-76 Teaching Assistant Kings College
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LEARNING ECOLOGIES

MY HISTORY Past experiences, learning
relationships and resources that I bring to my
current learning project
MY CONTEXTS DEVELOPMENTAL SPACES home and
family, educational, WORK, travel, hobbies and
interests - my everyday situations
MY RESOURCES that I find or create and I am able
to utilise, including knowledge, expertise and
tools I use to help me learn
MY RELATIONSHIPS with people - both existing and
newly developed, and with things, objects and
tools in my physical or virtual environment
MY LEARNING ECOLOGY
MY WILL CAPABILITY motivate me and enable me
to create my process which is the means through
which I develop new knowledge, understanding and
capability
MY PROCESS created for a particular purpose. May
be learning or task oriented and includes the
dimensions of time, space and purposeful action.
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Learning ecology becoming an archaeologist
organising a student
archaeology
conference
participating in numerous excavations
volunteer Young Archaeologists Club
THREE YEARS LEARNING ARCHAEOLOGY
BEING/BECOMING AN ARCHAELOGIST
MY COURSE
attending archaeology
conferences
Homeless Heritage excavation exhibition
The Posthole editorial team
MY GOAL to learn archaeology
ME with past knowledge, experience and
orientations
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Learning ecology becoming a radio broadcaster
Reporter Student Newspaper
Creation of own website, written/audio/video
blogs portfolio of news casts
Significant role in university production of
Lysistrata
Volunteer News Reader Susy Radio
Employed News Reader Jackie Radio
Contributor student radio chat shows
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Learning ecology for a professional learning
project
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Emergence mergence of learning ecologies
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Today
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Teaching a continuous process of educational
and professional development
1 THINK ABOUT CONTEXT WHAT, HOW, WHEN, WHY?

2 DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES DESIGN STRATEGIES
TO HELP LEARNERS LEARN
5. PLAN TO DO IT DIFFERENT/BETTER NEXT TIME
DEVELOP in response to evaluation of outcomes
3 TEACH ASSESS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP in
response to feedback
4. EVALUATE IMPACT ON STUDENTS LEARNING
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Behind every educational or professional
development there is a process involving
imagining, reimagining, finding out, designing,
finding resources, overcoming problems, and doing
what is necessary to bring ideas into existence
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO LEARN
THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY?
IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT IN THE END
WHAT A GREAT IDEA
SORRY YOU CANT DO THAT!
WHAT IF WE ?...
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• Ecology of Professional Educational Development
   
• CHALLENGE to share experiences of how we build
  our own ecologies to
• develop ourselves in our own professional or
  educational contexts
• INDIVIDUAL TASK  - 15 MINS
• 1 Think about a developmental project you have
  undertaken in the last two years.
• and create a visual representation of your
  learning ecology
• explain what you were trying to achieve and why
• describe the process you created or got involved
  in to develop yourself/project
• identify what you did to develop/achieve, when
  you did them (timeline)
• where you did them (contexts) and who was
  involved (people/relationships)
• summarise most important achievements/outcomes
  from process
• IN PAIRS 15 MINS (preferably people you don't
  know very well)
• share and discuss your narratives of learning,
  development and achievement
• using the ecology metaphor - identify three
  important characteristics
• that can be recognised in your professional
  developmental processes