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This free course was written by Kimberly Safford.

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Text

Reading entitled ‘Learning lives and biographies’: Tedder, M. and Biesta, G. (2011) ‘Adult learning lives and biographies’ in Safford, K., Stacey, M. and Hancock, R. (eds) Small-scale Research in Primary Schools: A Reader for Learning and Professional Development, London, Routledge in association with The Open University; adapted from the original paper, ‘Learning without teaching? Opportunities and limitations in biographical learning for adults’, written for the European Conference ‘Educational Research from Teaching to Learning?’ in Gothenberg, Sweden, 10–12 September 2008.

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