Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : life as a learning context? / Richard Edwards -- Texts in contexts : theorizing learning by looking at genre and activity / David R. Russell -- Contexts of teaching and learning : an actor-network view of the classroom / Steve Fox -- Beyond "mutual constitution" : looking at learning and context from the perspective of complexity theory / Tamsin Haggis -- Pragmatism's contribution to understanding learning-in-context / Gert Biesta -- The textual mediation of learning in college contexts / Candice Satchwell and Roz Ivanǐ -- Mediating contexts in classroom practices / Carey Jewitt -- Worlds within worlds : the relational dance between context and learning in the workplace / Lorna Unwin, Alison Fuller, Alan Felstead, Nick Jewson, and Kostas Kakavelakis -- Technology-mediated learning contexts / Mary Thorpe -- "The boundaries are different out here" : learning relationships in community-based further education / Beth Crossan and Jim Gallacher -- The implications of learning contexts for pedagogical practice / Mary Thorpe and Terry Mayes -- Implications for researching learning contexts / Kate Miller.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.