Development of educational ideas around the lifewide concept
The idea of lifewideness and its application to higher education grew out of the R&D work of the Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education (SCEPTrE). The initial context for development related to our exploration of the idea of learning for a complex world. The idea of a lifewide curriculum was born in March 2008. The first step was to create a picture and a simple description of what it might mean. This initial paper was used to promote discussion within the SCEPTrE Team and with a few people who I used as a sounding board. I incorporated the idea into presentations and workshops on 'Experiential Learning' and 'Enhancing Creativity in Higher Education' and spoke about them at several events in universities other than my own. In May I prepared a concept paper for the WACE conference on Work Integrated Learning in Sydney and in June I presented the idea, in the context of enhancing learners' creative development at a conference in Brisbane. The ideas were developed throughout 2009 and 10 mainly through background papers for conference presentations but it was only late 2010 and early 2011 that I then tried to bring the ideas together in a book.
Initial concept paper April 2008
Tackling the Wicked Problem of Creativity in Higher Education
ARC Centre for the Creative Industries and Innovation, International Conference Brisbane June 2008
includes the idea of lifewide curriculum.
Lifewide Curriculum Paper WACE Conference October 2008
Design for integrative learning Integrative Learning Conference Atlanta October 2009
see also integrative learning web page
New opportunities for media enabled learning Media Enhanced Learning’ Conference Belfast January 2010.
Enabling a More Complete Education Background paper for SCEPTrE Conference April 2010
Lifewide Education a Transformative Concept? Paper by Ron Barnet for SCEPTrE Conference April 2010
From a Curriculum that Integrates Work to a Curriculum that Integrates Life May 2010
Higher Education Research and Development Work Integrated Learning special edition 2010 29:5
Developing students creative capability through lifewide education
Paper to support keynote presentation at Galway Conference on Creativity June 2010
Developing Capability through Lifewide Education August 2010
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