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Please find below details and application form for a conference on Learning and Practice to be held in Manchester on November 8 2000. Key speakers are Jean Lave and Tony Watson.
For further details please contact
Alessia.Contu@stud.umist.ac.uk
CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING
A series of conferences organized by the Learning and Critique Network
LEARNING AND PRACTICE
One-Day Conference
Wednesday November 8, 2000, Manchester
Scope of the Conference
Learning has taken a centre stage position in many recent discussions about organisational and individual development. In common with other conferences in this series, Learning and Practice contributes to a debate that questions our current understandings of learning and knowledge in diverse work contexts, including educational as well as industrial organizations. Further details can be found at
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/hr22/lcnsite.
The focus of Learning and Practice is upon the situated quality of learning. Learning and Practice considers learning as a mutual process in which there is a sharing of stories or narratives between practitioners and between academics/and practical learners. Learning is seen to be inextricably tied to processes of identity (re)formation and embedded in power relations. Learning and Practice should be of interest to academics and practitioners who value critical approaches to the practicalities of learning. The conference has direct relevance for a number of areas currently receiving attention across a wide range of business, voluntary and public sector organizations - including knowledge management, teamworking and organizational learning.
Conference Themes
a.. Organisational Learning as Situated Practice
b.. Action Learning in Diverse Contexts
c.. Learning through Narratives
d.. Identity and Power Relations in Learning Processes
Conference Format
The conference will centre on debate and participation, involving small groups, rather than relying heavily upon the classic, formal style of presentation. Colleagues are invited to bring posters, papers, handouts and other materials relevant to the theme for exchange. The interactive format of the symposium will be supported by a panel of ‘provocateurs’ who will make brief statements in response to presentations by the keynote speakers.
Keynote speakers:
Jean Lave, co-author of Situated Learning,
University of Berkeley, California
Tony Watson, author of In Search of Management
Nottingham Trent University, UK
LEARNING AND PRACTICE
One-Day Conference
Wednesday November 8, 2000
GMB College, Whalley Range, Manchester
REGISTRATION FORM
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Department/Institution
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Symposium fee (including lunch and refreshments)
Public sector rate £ 55 ð
Student rate £ 25 ð
Corporate Rate £ 95 ð
If you require overnight accommodation at GMB College on 7th or 8th November,
please contact Julia Norton at JMB - Tel. 0161 861 8788 or email to:
julia.norton@gmb.org.uk
Special food requirements (e.g. vegetarian): ..............................................………………..............……
Please indicate if you intend to bring a poster, paper or other material for tabling and exchange:
YES/NO (delete as appropriate) If YES, please indicate author(s) and title………………………………
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Booking Conditions: Participation in the Symposium is limited. You are advised to register early.
I enclose my cheque (crossed) payable to UMIST
We are unable to send invoices to departments but will gladly send a receipt for cheques received.
Please enclose payment when returning your registration form to: Professor Hugh Willmott, Manchester School of Management, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD