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The Serious Matter of Informal Learning by Peter Jamieson From the development of learning spaces to a broader understanding of the entire campus as a learning space. Introduction University life continues to be constructed around the conduct of formal academic programs in classroom settings that largely reflect and maintain longstanding educational practice. The serious matter of formal learning is centered around the lecture theater, the tutorial room, and the laboratory. A great proportion of the campus consists of the traditional facilities created to conduct formal instruction, comprising both discipline-specific and general purpose classrooms. Research into teaching and learning in higher education is slowly changing the way universities design and conduct formal educational programs. Many in higher education now recognize that knowledge is not “delivered” to the student, but rather constructed by the individual, and that learning is a social process requiring active engagement with others in meaningful experiences (Biggs 1991; Gibbs 1981; Jaques 1991; Marton and Saljo 1976; Prosser and Trigwell 1999; Ramsden 1992). Consequently, there is growing acceptance within universities that new-generation classrooms will be needed to accommodate the formal learning activity associated with the shift toward a more student-centered pedagogy. Nevertheless, large classes are still the mainstay of a timetable based around the availability of traditional lecture
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Peter Jamieson. 2009. The Serious Matter of Informal Learning. Planning for Higher Education. 37(2): 18–25.
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