Lynette Jordan

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Scotland

Teaching

The Bachelor of Arts in Community Development, MSc in Community Development, the MEd in Community Learning & Development  programmes.

Interests/Expertise: 

Community Learning and Development, Youth Work, Feminisms, Work-based Learning, Learning Regions & Cities

Recent research/consultancy: 

Grants and awards

2013: LLP Grundtvig Learning Partnership project entitled ExReMet (Exploring The Rehabilitation Methods of The Women Exposed To Domestic Violence at European Level) OCTOBER 2013 to MAY 2015, Euros 20,000

  • 2010: DelPHE/Iraq Project, student centred learning in Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq £29,500
  • 2009: EUROlocal Project, European Storehouse for Learning Regions & Cities £108,000
  • 2006: East End Partnership, Impact of the Activate course on the East End community
  • 2004: Capacity Building in East Lothian, funded by the East Lothian District Council
Recognitions, positions, memberships: 

Member of the School of Education Ethics Committee.

Selected publications: 

2014

Jordan, L., Longworth, N., and Osborne, M. (2014) The rise and fall and rise again of learning cities. In: Zarifis, G.K. and Gravani, M. (eds.) Challenging the ‘European Area of Lifelong Learning’: A Critical Response. Series: Lifelong learning book series (19). Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 273-284. ISBN 9789400772984

Jordan, L., Bovill, C., Watters, N., Saleh, A.M., Shabila, N.P., and Othman, S.M. (2014) Is student-centred learning a western concept? Lessons from an academic development programme to support student-centred learning in Iraq. Teaching in Higher Education, 19 (1). pp. 13-25. ISSN 1356-2517

Jordan, L. (2014) The role of the university in challenging the current hegemonic ideas and policies. In: Carlot, C., Filloque, J.-M., Osborne, M. and Welsh, P. (eds.) Universities In A Time of Crisis: Their Role in Regional Development. NIACE, Leicester.

2013

Jordan, L., Henry, K., McKerracher, G., and McNair, S. (2013) Community development, higher education institutions and the Big Society: opportunities or opportunism? Forum for Access and Continuing Education .

2010

Hamilton, R. and Jordan, L. (2010) Learning Cities: The United Kingdom Experience. In: Heritage, Regional Development and Social Cohesion International Conference, Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 June 2010 , Östersund, Sweden. (Unpublished)

2009

Jordan, L. and Quinn, E (2009) Developing Equal Opportunities in Croatia. Annual Research Journal, Women's Studies Centre of DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India .

Jordan, L. and Quinn, E (2009) Resilience and Renewal: women's Organisations in Croatia Participating in the Process of Sustaining and Rebuilding a Society in Transition. Annual Research Journal, Women's Studies Centre of DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India .

Jordan, L. and Margaryan, T. (2009) Armenian Women and Accession to the European Union. In: The International Multidisciplinary Women's Congress, Izmir University, Turkey.


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