Learning as Work: Teaching And Learning Processes In The Contemporary Work Organisation
- Topics:
- Organization
- Tags:
- Human Resources,
- Marketing,
- Marketing Research,
- Metaphor,
- Participation,
- Training,
- Training And Certification,
- University Of Leicester,
- Workforce Management
- Source:
- University of Leicester
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Overview: The skills debate in many European countries has for many years been preoccupied with the supply of qualified individuals and participation in training events. This emphasis is reflected in the sources of systematic data currently available to policy-makers and academics in the field. However, case study work suggests that qualifications and training are partial measures of skill development as most learning arises naturally out of the demands and challenges of everyday work experience and interactions with colleagues, clients and customers. This paper argues that the 'Learning as acquisition' and 'Learning as participation' metaphors aptly capture these two competing intellectual traditions. This paper outlines an experiment that was designed to give the 'Learning as participation' metaphor a firmer survey basis than it has hitherto enjoyed.
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Format: PDF | Size: 415KB | Date: Sep 2004 | Pages: 37
