Opening up the black box of learning-by-doing in sustainability transitions
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- Katrien Van Poeck (UGent) , Leif Olov Östman (UGent) and Thomas Block (UGent)
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- Abstract
- In the face of persistent socio-ecological problems that prove hard to tackle with existing routines, the transition towards a more sustainable world is often described as a matter of ‘learning by doing’. Despite omnipresent appeals to ‘learning’ in sustainability transition studies, an exploratory review of literature shows that there is a lack of conceptual clarity on the topic. Furthermore, empirical research on learning in transition initiatives is rare. This article presents an analytical framework that facilitates theoretical and empirical research on learning in sustainability transitions. Pragmatist educational scholarship, in particular Dewey’s transactional perspective, provides useful inspiration for analytical tools that allow to open-up the black box of learning in sustainability transitions. Focusing on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional and material factors that influence learning and on how the mechanism of ‘privileging’ steers learning outcomes, this framework allows to investigate whether and, if so, how learning actually takes place in transition initiatives.
- Keywords
- Sustainability transition, Learning, Analytical framework, Dewey, Experience, Pragmatism
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8586884
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- Van Poeck, Katrien, et al. “Opening up the Black Box of Learning-by-Doing in Sustainability Transitions.” ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS, 2020.
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- Van Poeck, K., Östman, L. O., & Block, T. (2020). Opening up the black box of learning-by-doing in sustainability transitions. ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS.
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- Van Poeck, Katrien, Leif Olov Östman, and Thomas Block. 2020. “Opening up the Black Box of Learning-by-Doing in Sustainability Transitions.” ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS.
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- Van Poeck, Katrien, Leif Olov Östman, and Thomas Block. 2020. “Opening up the Black Box of Learning-by-Doing in Sustainability Transitions.” ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS.
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- 1.Van Poeck K, Östman LO, Block T. Opening up the black box of learning-by-doing in sustainability transitions. ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. 2020;
- IEEE
- [1]K. Van Poeck, L. O. Östman, and T. Block, “Opening up the black box of learning-by-doing in sustainability transitions,” ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS, 2020.
@article{8586884,
abstract = {In the face of persistent socio-ecological problems that prove hard to tackle with existing routines, the transition towards a more sustainable world is often described as a matter of ‘learning by doing’. Despite omnipresent appeals to ‘learning’ in sustainability transition studies, an exploratory review of literature shows that there is a lack of conceptual clarity on the topic. Furthermore, empirical research on learning in transition initiatives is rare. This article presents an analytical framework that facilitates theoretical and empirical research on learning in sustainability transitions. Pragmatist educational scholarship, in particular Dewey’s transactional perspective, provides useful inspiration for analytical tools that allow to open-up the black box of learning in sustainability transitions. Focusing on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional and material factors that influence learning and on how the mechanism of ‘privileging’ steers learning outcomes, this framework allows to investigate whether and, if so, how learning actually takes place in transition initiatives.},
author = {Van Poeck, Katrien and Östman, Leif Olov and Block, Thomas},
issn = {2210-4224},
journal = {ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS},
keywords = {Sustainability transition,Learning,Analytical framework,Dewey,Experience,Pragmatism},
language = {eng},
title = {Opening up the black box of learning-by-doing in sustainability transitions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2018.12.006},
year = {2020},
}
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