Biography of Learning

By (author) Ron Burnett

ISBN13: 9781487561369

Imprint: University of Toronto Press

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Format: Hardback

Published: 15/12/2025

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Description
Ron Burnett offers a timely and provocative vision for educational transformation. Drawing on his decades-long career as both an educator and institutional leader, Burnett crafts a compelling narrative that bridges personal experience with forward-thinking educational theory and practice. This book suggests that transformative learning demands time – far more than our rapid-fire systems allow us. It challenges our obsession with quick inputs and outputs, exposing the deeper, slower rhythms of authentic intellectual growth, and forges powerful connections between physical learning spaces, creative environments, and the frontiers of experimentation where teaching and learning boundaries are dramatically expanded. A Biography of Learning emerges at a critical juncture, where technological revolution meets institutional evolution. Burnett’s approach is refreshingly pragmatic yet boldly visionary, providing roadmaps for tomorrow. For anyone invested in the future of learning – educators, administrators, policymakers, students, and engaged citizens – Burnett's insights provide inspiration for navigating the intersection of tradition and innovation in educational practices.
Prelude: Artificial Intelligence and Time Introduction: A New School – A New Learning Paradigm?     Part One 1. Biography, Learning, and Play 2. Knowledge, Memory, and Living Archives 3. The Classroom, Generational Change, and the Expansion of Disciplines 4. Film Studies, Hiroshima Mon Amour and Window Water Baby Moving Part Two 5. Learning with and against TikTok and AI: The Algorithmic Challenge 6. Science, Truth, History, and Learning 7. Learning with New Tools 8. Transposition, Translation, Transformation, Serendipity 9. Chance, Bricolage, Symmetry 10. The Radical Impossibility of Teaching Part Three 11. Learning, Consensus, and Social Media 12. Symptom Fields Part Four 13. Budding Visions and New Spaces for Learning 14. The Communication of Ideas through Video 15. Making, Being, Learning 16. Designing a New Campus for Emily Carr University of Art and Design 17. Studios, Outcomes, and Vision Conclusion Endnotes
  • Organization & management of education
  • Higher & further education, tertiary education
  • Colleges of higher education
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Height:229
Width:152
Spine:25
Weight:1.00
List Price: £53.00