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1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: A framework for exploring relations between lifelong learning and work in the computer era; Part I: Surveys; Chapter 2 Work and learning in the computer era: Basic survey findings; Part II: Case studies of unpaid work and learning; Chapter 3 Odd project out: Studying lifelong learning through unpaid household work; Chapter 4 Volunteer work and informal learning: Exploring the connections; Part III: Case studies of paid work and learning |
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Chapter 5 Revisiting Taylorism: Conceptual implications for studies of lifelong learning, technology and work in the public sectorChapter 6 Women's experiences of the good, the bad and the ugly of work in a 'knowledge-based' society: Learning the gender politics of IT jobs; Chapter 7 Beginning from disability to study a corporate organization of learning; Chapter 8 Teachers' learning and work relations: (Shifting) engagements and challenges; Part IV: Case studies of |
| Summary |
Lifelong Learning is essential to all individuals and in recent years has become a guiding principle for policy initiatives, ranging from national economic competition to issues of social cohesion and personal fulfilment. However, despite the importance of lifelong learning there is a critical absence of direct, international evidence on its extent, content and outcomes. Lifelong Learning in Paid and Unpaid Work provides a new paradigm for understanding work and learning, documenting the active contribution of workers to their development and their adaptation to paid and unpaid work. Empirica |
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Print version record |
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Adult education -- Canada -- Case studies
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Continuing education -- Canada -- Case studies
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Working class -- Education -- Canada -- Case studies
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Adult education
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Continuing education
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Working class -- Education
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203853160 |
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0203853164 |
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1282586726 |
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9781282586727 |
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