Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
694268425
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
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Author
Perry, Joseph Adam,1974-
Title
Beyond the bunkhouse : exploring the learning of Frontier College labourer-teachers.
Degree
M.A. -- University of Toronto, 2008
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, [2009]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This thesis investigates the informal/incidental learning of Frontier College volunteer labourer- teachers through an analysis of data collected from qualitative interviews conducted with 7 former Frontier College volunteers. The thesis explores the intersection between dialogue, reflection, volunteering, and informal learning within the context of Canada's oldest literacy program. Even though present-day labourer-teachers are instructed in how to foster dialogue in their pedagogical work, the focus of the program is solely on dialogue as a method of teaching, essentially disregarding the effect of mutual learning and the capacity of the labourer-teacher to learn as a result of employing a dialogical methodology. This thesis reveals that Frontier College supports a pedagogy rooted in dialogue that has the potential to bring about not only technical knowledge but also practical and emancipatory knowledge for its volunteers and thus could provide an important model for other learning organizations, advocacy groups, and international development agencies.
ISBN
9780494448861
0494448865