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Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, marjolein.vanherten@ou.nl

Learning communities, informal learning and the humanities: An empirical study on book discussion groups. Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, marjolein.vanherten@ou.nl

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Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, marjolein.vanherten@ou.nl

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  1. Learning communities, informal learning and the humanities:An empirical study on book discussion groups Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, marjolein.vanherten@ou.nl Supervisors: Dr. Lizet Duyvendak (OU), Prof. dr. Jaap van Marle (OU), Prof. dr. Paul Kirschner (OU), Prof. dr. Dick Schram (VU), Prof. dr. Frank Huysmans (UvA, SCP) Length of the project: 4 years (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2011) Context • NeLLL Program line 3: Professional and personal development • Humanities have a long tradition of informal learning through learning communities • Book discussion groups are such learning communities where informal learning takes place Research questions • What are the characteristics of present book discussion groups in the Netherlands? • What are the characteristics of the learning results in these groups? • How can connections be made between the different characteristics of the book discussion group and the different characteristics of the group’s learning results? • Which of these differences significantly influence the learning results? • Intended output • Dissertation (in English) • Conference presentations • Scientific and non scientific publications • Various methods • General survey among book groups • Visiting book groups: • Observing book discussions • Interviewing participants

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