Learning in the Workplace (Routledge Revivals)
Published on 11. May 2015
226 pages
978-1-317-50596-9 (ISBN)
Description
The nature of the workplace and the workforce has changed rapidly in post-industrial society. Most workers are now facing the need for high levels of preparatory education, retraining for new jobs and the ability to continue learning at work in order to keep up with new developments.
The book, first published in 1987, argues that training in the workplace often fails because it is based on conditions that no longer prevail in modern organisations. The mechanistic approach of the behaviourist paradigm, it is argued, views the organisation as a machine and training as the preparation of workers for machine-like work according to their levels in the hierarchy, much as on an assembly line. The humanists' advocation of collaborative learning has changed but not fundamentally altered this conception.
This book will be of interest to students of education and business management.
The book, first published in 1987, argues that training in the workplace often fails because it is based on conditions that no longer prevail in modern organisations. The mechanistic approach of the behaviourist paradigm, it is argued, views the organisation as a machine and training as the preparation of workers for machine-like work according to their levels in the hierarchy, much as on an assembly line. The humanists' advocation of collaborative learning has changed but not fundamentally altered this conception.
This book will be of interest to students of education and business management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
2,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-50596-9 (9781317505969)
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Content
Introduction; Part 1: An Emerging Paradigm; 1. New Paradigms for Learning in the Workplace 2. Management Workshop: Toward a New Paradigm; Part 2: Organizations as Learning Environments; 3. Organizations as Clarifying Learning Environments 4. Learning Participation: The Worker's Viewpoint; Part 3: Informal Learning in the Workplace; 5. Self-Directed Learning in Industry 6. Mentoring as a Learning Experience 7. Training Master Teachers to Mentor 8. Coaching: Collegial Learning in Schools; Part 4: Implications for Research and Practice; 9. Approaches to Studying Learning in the Workplace 10. Applications to Practice; About the Authors; Index
