Workplace learning in context

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Author:

Rainbird, Helen.

ISBN:

9780415316309

9780415316316

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Physical Description:

xv, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

The political economy of workplace learning -- The employment relationship and workplace learning -- Work organization, 'fields of activities' and workers' competence: the case of Italian small firms -- The context of learning in professional work environments : insights from the accountancy profession -- The assessment of workers' 'basic skills': a critique based on evidence from the United States, Canada and England -- Learning through work: workplace participatory practices -- Expansive learning environments: integrating organizational and personal development -- The new generation of expertise: seven theses -- Supporting learning in advanced supply systems in the automotive and aerospace industries -- Conceptualizing vocational knowledge: some theoretical considerations -- Transfer of knowledge between education and workplace settings -- Learner biographies: exploring tacit dimensions of knowledge and skills -- The conceptualization and measurement of learning at work -- The complexities of workplace learning: problems and dangers in trying to measure attainment -- Evidence-based policy or policy-base evidence? the struggle over new policy for workforce development in England.

Subject Term:

Employees -- Training of.

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Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016629.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003016629-d.html

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Summary

As policy makers increasingly focus on workplace learning as a way of improving organizational performance, the debate about the learning organization has grown. Counterbalancing the often over-optimistic assumptions made about the future of work and learning, this book argues that without a contextualized analysis of the field, our understanding of the learning environment is limited. It reconsiders the true role and nature of workplace learning in context.

Grounded in original research, the book features case studies which illuminate how the workplace environment can provide both barriers to and opportunities for learning. It explores learning in different organizational contexts and different countries, sectors, types of public and private sector organization, and by different occupational groups. This multi-disciplinary approach provides a coherent perspective of the institutional, organizational and pedagogical contexts of workplace learning, and as a result, policy-makers, trainers, trade unionists and educators alike will welcome this groundbreaking text, as it gives the intellectual tools required to understand how learning in the workplace can be improved.