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Summary
Summary
Based on research-informed 'future-scoping' and emerging practice in the field of executive education this bookis split into three parts: Future Context, Future Learning and Future Learners. With a short editorial introducing each part, it will appeal to anyone working in the field of adult and higher education and training.
Author Notes
Shirine Voller holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK, and an MSc by Research from Cranfield University, UK. She was the lead organiser of the 2009 Future of Learning Conference at Ashridge. She has worked in primary education, organisation consulting and grant management and is currently Research Manager at Ashridge Business School.
Eddie Blass started her academic career lecturing in HRM after a period of time training in industry. She completed her Doctorate at Durham on 'The Future University' and combines her research interests in adult learning, HE and leadership development in her current job role at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, in the School of Education.
Vicki Culpin studied Psychology at Manchester University, UK, followed by an MPhil and PhD in Psychology from Lancaster University, UK, and an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology from Leicester University, UK. She spent nine years working in academia before moving to Ashridge Business School where she is currently Research Director.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables and Figures | p. vii |
| Notes on Contributors | p. viii |
| Preface | p. xii |
| Part I Future Context | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 Future Context: Section Editorial | p. 3 |
| Chapter 2 Learning to Lead in Uncertain Times through Storytelling and Improvisation | p. 6 |
| Chapter 3 The Shifting Landscape of Global Challenges in the 21 st Century, What This Means for What Businesses Want From Tomorrow's Leaders, and the Implications for Management Learning | p. 17 |
| Chapter 4 The Future of HE: What Will the Sector Look Like in 25 Years Time and What Does This Mean for Executive Education? | p. 33 |
| Part II Future Learning | p. 47 |
| Chapter 5 Future Learning: Section Editorial | p. 49 |
| Chapter 6 When the Classroom is No Longer a Room | p. 53 |
| Chapter 7 Virtual Action Learning: A New Genre for Powerful Learning | p. 72 |
| Chapter 8 Virtual Action Learning - A New Frontier? | p. 88 |
| Chapter 9 Generation Y and Learning: A Changing World | p. 106 |
| Part III Future Learner | p. 125 |
| Chapter 10 Future Learner: Section Editorial | p. 127 |
| Chapter 11 Re-cognising Learning and Teaching: Opening the Space of Possibility | p. 131 |
| Chapter 12 Place-making: The Executive's Role in Aligning Learning with Work | p. 150 |
| Chapter 13 'An informed slowness' - Curiosity as an Enabler of Learning in the Attention Economy | p. 165 |
| Chapter 14 Concluding Thoughts | p. 178 |
| Index | p. 179 |
