Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0774390

Funded Activity Summary

Learning from Life: The Creation of Experiential and Life-Long Learning in Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods. Experiential and life-long learning are fundamental principles of modern Australian educational practice, from primary and high school to university and centres of adult education; they are of interest to the Federal Government (Higher Education Review, Senate Inquiry, DEST project). This innovative project will investigate the cultural heritage of these practices, detailing how they arose in medieval Europe and were refined by thinkers and practitioners throughout the early modern period. It will reveal how a reliance on received authority and example was transformed into a modern pedagogic mode that encourages learning throughout the course of life and teaches pupils how to think for themselves and to learn from life experience.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-02-2007

End Date: 21-11-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $625,532.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Literary Studies | Comparative Literature Studies | History And Philosophy Of Education | Textual Transmission And The Material Record |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Education and training not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Communication Across Languages and Cultures | Comparative Literature Studies | Education and training not elsewhere classified | History And Philosophy Of Education | Literary Studies | Textual Transmission And The Material Record | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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