Summary: Seminar by Prof. Karen Evans Lifelong and Comparative Education; Institute of Education, University of London You can download the slides from this talk in PDF format. Approaches to the longstanding challenges of 'integrating' subject-based and work-based knowledge have typically focused on questions of how learning can be 'transferred' from one setting to another, usually from theory into practice. The presentation will offer a fresh approach that concentrates on different forms of knowledge and the ways in which these are contextualised and 'recontextualised' as people move between different sites of learning in universities, colleges and workplaces. The aim has been to improve practice in work-based learning (WBL) by researching how the subject-based and work-based aspects of a curriculum or learning programme can articulate with one another. In a research field that has come to be dominated by consideration of organisational arrangements and the technical issues that accompany credit and quality assurance frameworks, questions of knowledge, teaching and learning have been relatively neglected. The concept of recontextualisation provides some new ways into longstanding and seemingly intractable problems, by articulating what is involved in successfully moving knowledge from disciplines, professions and workplaces into a curriculum; from a curriculum into successful pedagogic strategies and learner engagement in educational institutions and workplaces.
