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The chapters in this book have focused on what is apparently a single issue, and which is denoted by the expression ‘practice-based learning’. However, consideration of this theme through many different lenses and from diverse points of view has had the effect of constructing an approach whereby the topic has become broader and more nuanced. What has been used is a kind of magnifying glass that places the knowledge object within a broader framework, freeing it from the strictures of falsely circumscribed definitions.
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The experiment of the QUT Community Engaged Learning Lab, described by Smith, Shaw and Tredinnick (this volume) can be seen as a texture of practices formed in the collaboration among community partners, students and academics at the Queensland University of Technology.
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Gherardi, S. (2015). Conclusions: Towards an Understanding of Education as a Social Practice. In: Kennedy, M., Billett, S., Gherardi, S., Grealish, L. (eds) Practice-based Learning in Higher Education. Professional and Practice-based Learning, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9502-9_12
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