Learning and Practice

This insightful book, Learning and Practice, provides a framework for analyzing and enhancing teaching and assessment practices across various educational contexts.

In Learning and Practice, students are guided to build a framework that helps them analyze, evaluate, and enhance their teaching and assessment practices. The book explores concepts of learning that go beyond traditional boundaries, such as those between school and workplace or home and school. It emphasizes the socially negotiated and embedded nature of meaning-making, illustrating how learners engage with the cognitive tools of their cultural communities through active participation in social activities. The editors present a compelling argument that this engagement extends individual agency and transforms learners' identities into forms of competency.

The text situates sociocultural understanding within a broad theoretical context, highlighting its implications for learning and assessment across various educational and workplace settings. Contributions from various authors challenge conventional ways of perceiving learning and provoke thought regarding both teaching and assessment practices. This critical examination encourages readers to rethink their approaches and adopt more inclusive and effective strategies.

Learning and Practice draws on a wealth of international literature, making it essential reading for students in curriculum, learning, and assessment across all educational sectors, from pre-primary education to higher education. It serves as a core text for master's and taught doctorate programs and appeals to a diverse range of professionals engaged in curriculum development, teaching, and assessment practices. Furthermore, it holds relevance for those involved in work-based and informal educational settings, making it a unique and valuable resource in a relatively underrepresented field.