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Learning / Work: Turning Work and Lifelong Learning Inside Out
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Description for Learning / Work: Turning Work and Lifelong Learning Inside Out
Paperback. Features scholars from 10 countries who challenge established understandings of lifelong learning and work, with several arguing that work and lifelong learning need to be 'turned inside out' through a rigorous critique of underlying social relations and practices so that we understand the power relations that shape learning/work possibilities. Editor(s): Cooper, Linda; Walters, Shirley. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 665.
We are living through a daunting yet fascinating period in which the global economy increasingly challenges the accepted dichotomies between home-life and work-life, between employment and unemployment, paid work and unpaid work. This calls for serious analysis of how knowledge is generated, both formally and informally, in workplaces as diverse as the factory, the field, or the street. It raises questions about what forms of learning and training are involved; how they articulate with one another and what practical and theoretical implications this has for our societies. In this book, 34 leading scholars from 10 countries challenge established understandings of ... Read more
We are living through a daunting yet fascinating period in which the global economy increasingly challenges the accepted dichotomies between home-life and work-life, between employment and unemployment, paid work and unpaid work. This calls for serious analysis of how knowledge is generated, both formally and informally, in workplaces as diverse as the factory, the field, or the street. It raises questions about what forms of learning and training are involved; how they articulate with one another and what practical and theoretical implications this has for our societies. In this book, 34 leading scholars from 10 countries challenge established understandings of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Human Sciences Research Council
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cape Town, South Africa
ISBN
9780796922830
SKU
V9780796922830
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99-3
About Unknown
Professor Linda Cooper is a senior lecturer in the Higher and Adult Education Studies Development Unit (HAESDU), in the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She worked for a number of years in the field of trade union and worker education before joining the staff of UCT in the early 1990s. She is ... Read more
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