Working to Learn: Transforming Learning in the Workplace / Edition 1

by Karen Evans, Phil Hodkinson, Lorna Unwin

Overview

The workplace is an important site for learning in today's society. This book examines the changing nature of the work and effect that this has on the skill and knowledge requirements of individuals, its implications for employment, and ways in which these changing requirements can be met.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749436858
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2002
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Karen Evans, Phil Hodkinson, Lorna Unwin

Table of Contents

1. The significance of workplace learning for a learning society, Karen Evans and Helen Rainbird; 2. Learning careers - conceptualising lifelong work-based learning, Phil Hodkinson and Martin Bloomer; 3. Contrasting approaches to the role of qualificati

Editorial Reviews

'A book which develops an analytical perspective on workplace learning is very timely indeed.' - Higher Education Digest

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