{"id":16,"date":"2012-04-27T17:02:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T17:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:18:04","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Learning and Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning and Work are both approached very broadly in this section.<\/p>\n<p>The interest in Learning encompasses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>formal learning structures<\/li>\n<li>informal learning opportunities<\/li>\n<li>children&#8217;s early learning and development<\/li>\n<li>learning organisations and learning cities<\/li>\n<li>learning by design and learning by choice<\/li>\n<li>learning that is pushed-in to timetable, and learning that is pulled-in as needed<\/li>\n<li>learning for employability and learning for social progress<\/li>\n<li>&#8230; and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The interest in Work encompasses interests in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>leadership, management and governance<\/li>\n<li>work structures that work<\/li>\n<li>employment and young people<\/li>\n<li>wages and inequalities<\/li>\n<li>work-support programmes<\/li>\n<li>being occupied (paid or otherwise)<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;really useful&#8217; work<\/li>\n<li>the value of work<\/li>\n<li>wellbeing and occupation of self<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;. and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently within this section are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Making all lessons more learner-friendly\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=70\">Making all lessons more learner friendly<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Family Learning: Can it promote resilience in children and young people?\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=98\">How can family learning promote educational resilience in children and young people?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Some thoughts on the approach to change\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=71\">Some thoughts on the approach to change\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Where is all this reading and writing taking us?\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=103\">Where is all this reading and writing taking us?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Birmingham: recent development activity relating to reading and writing\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=108\">Birmingham: current and recent development activity relating to reading and writing<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Work and Wellbeing: some recent UK policy approaches\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=122\">Work and Wellbeing: Some recent UK policy approaches<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"In what ways might a city need to think differently if it is to get to where it wants to be?\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In what ways might a city need to think differently if it is to get to where it wants to be?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Can Twitter be a useful source of knowledge? Thinking about Cities through Twitter.\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can Twitter be a useful source of knowledge? Thinking about Cities through Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=362\"><strong>Employability Support Programmes: What works?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thewordsthething.org.uk\/?p=915\">A self-directed art course specification<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning and Work are both approached very broadly in this section. 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