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Pioneers of Heutagogy

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This chapter presents three examples of heutagogy pioneers. The first is an ancient example of the Talmud way of learning. The second is the story of Joseph Jacotot, a university lecturer from the nineteenth century. The third is of Ivan Illich and his idea of webs of learning.

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Glassner, A., Back, S. (2020). Pioneers of Heutagogy . In: Exploring Heutagogy in Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4144-5_7

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