Second chance learning in neighbourhood houses in Victoria Ollis, Tracey, Starr, Karen, Ryan, Cheryl, Angwin, Jennifer and Harrison, Ursula 2017, Second chance learning in neighbourhood houses in Victoria, Australian journal of adult learning, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 1-28. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Second chance learning in neighbourhood houses in Victoria Author(s) Ollis, Tracey orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-0454 Starr, Karen orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-0180 Ryan, Cheryl Angwin, Jennifer Harrison, Ursula Journal name Australian journal of adult learning Volume number 57 Issue number 1 Start page 1 End page 28 Total pages 28 Publisher Adult Learning Australia Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2017-04 ISSN 1443-1394 Keyword(s) informal learning adult learning Adult & Community Education (ACE) Vocational Education & Training (VET) Neighbourhood Houses Summary Neighbourhood Houses in Victoria are significant sites of formal and informal education for adult learners. Intrinsically connected to local communities they play an important role in decreasing social isolation and building social inclusion. The focus of this research is on adult learners and adult learning that engages with ‘second chance’ learners who participate in adult learning programs in the Barwon and South West regions of Victoria. The greater Geelong region is characterised by declining car automotive and textile manufacturing industries and emerging new industries such as hospitality and tourism. The data from the research participants in the study includes career changers, long term and recently unemployed, newly arrived and migrant communities, young people and older adults. This paper focuses on the learning practices of second chance learners who frequently have negative perception of themselves as unsuccessful learners, but are transformed through their learning experiences in Neighbourhood Houses. We argue the unique social space of the Neighbourhood House, the support and guidance offered by staff and teachers, the unique pedagogy and small group learning experiences allow adult learners to reconstruct a new identity of themselves as successful learners. Language eng Field of Research 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation 1301 Education Systems 1302 Curriculum And Pedagogy 1303 Specialist Studies In Education Socio Economic Objective 0 Not Applicable HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©[2017, Adult Learning Australia] Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30097531 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Education Open Access Checking Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Jul 2017, 16:20:36 EST Wed, 05 Jul 2017, 05:00:05 EST Wed, 05 Jul 2017, 06:10:39 EST Mon, 17 Jul 2017, 09:36:15 EST Mon, 17 Jul 2017, 09:39:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 10 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 04 Jul 2017, 16:20:36 EST

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