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The past 25 years have seen a striking rise in the concept of learning in the fields of education and educational research. As Biesta (e.g. 2005, p. 55) points out, the “new language of learning” or the “discourse of learning” (Contu et al., 2003, p. 931) has become dominant in educational discourse.
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Peltonen, J. (2017). Schools and the New Language of Learning. In: Siljander, P., Kontio, K., Pikkarainen, E. (eds) Schools in Transition. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-827-3_5
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