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Edwards, Richard; Fenwick, Tara – Studies in Continuing Education, 2016
In a wide range of fields, professional practice is being transformed by the increasing influence of digital analytics: the massive volumes of big data, and software algorithms that are collecting, comparing and calculating that data to make predictions and even decisions. Researchers in a number of social sciences have been calling attention to…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Data Processing, Professionalism, Educational Practices
Nicoll, Katherine; Edwards, Richard – Studies in Continuing Education, 2012
This article explores the discursive work done by different notions of professional development in adult education. In particular we outline the ways in which the discourses of technical expertise, competence and reflective practice are deployed to mobilise professional practices and identities in particular ways and position certain practices and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
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Edwards, Richard; Clarke, Julia – Studies in Continuing Education, 2002
Drawing on Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, and actor-network theory, the significance of space in flexible learning and its role in knowledge production and identity are explored. A cautious and analytical approach to the notion of lifelong learners liberated from time and space constraints is advocated. (Contains 27 references.) (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Lifelong Learning, Open Education, Social Networks
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Edwards, Richard – Studies in Continuing Education, 1994
Economic and technological change have altered the way knowledge is produced and transmitted. In modernism, "useful" knowledge is emancipatory; in postmodernism, knowledge is exchanged on the basis of its value to the consumer. Its real use value is tied to increasing the efficiency of the distribution system. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Economics, Postmodernism
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Edwards, Richard – Studies in Continuing Education, 1998
Outlines the usefulness of discourse for guidance and counseling; explains how discourse can solve theory-practice problems. Maps and locates guidance and counseling practice in relation to six discourses: user, practitioner, professional, manager, policymaker, academic. Contains 39 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Counseling, Foreign Countries, Guidance Programs, Professional Development
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Edwards, Richard; Usher, Robin – Studies in Continuing Education, 1998
Examines such trends as vocationalization, marketization, and the commodification of knowledge within the discourse of lifelong learning. Explores the concept of boundaries in education and lifelong learning and the implications for the role of adult educators. (Contains 58 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Change, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning
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Edwards, Richard; Usher, Robin – Studies in Continuing Education, 1998
Considers the implications of globalization for rethinking instruction. Suggests the use of location/dislocation in the sense of positioning as a metaphor and discusses its application to the theory of experiential learning. Contains 38 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Principles, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories
Edwards, Richard; Nicoll, Katherine – Studies in Continuing Education, 2004
Drawing on the work of Foucault, and to a lesser extent actor-network theory, this article examines some of their methodological and theoretical implications for conceptions of workplace learning. We suggest that workplaces need to be examined for the spatio-temporal ordering of practices and the actors drawn into them in order to move beyond the…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Globalization, Social Sciences, Education Work Relationship