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Zusatztext ' Improving Workplace Learning certainly improves the level of debate around work based learning at a time when the debate is about to take centre stage. It contributes extensively to this under-researched area, it provides a very useful framework within which such design can be informed .' - Keith Pond, Loughborough University, UK and International Journal of Management Education Informationen zum Autor Evans, Karen; Hodkinson, Phil; Rainbird, Helen; Unwin, Lorna Klappentext Across the western world, there is a growing awareness of the importance of workplace learning, seen at the level of national and international policy, as well as in the developing practices of employers, training providers and Trades Unions. Authoritative, accessible, and appealing, it presents key findings on work-based learning, bringing together conclusions and investigating a variety of workplace contexts to show how such learning can be improved. An extensive practical treatment, brought to life with illustrations from both the public and private sectors, this book has a unique combination of breadth of coverage and depth of understanding. Grounded in rich and detailed empirical studies, this volume challenges conventional thinking. An important new addition to the Improving Learning series, it focuses on guidelines for improving learning by marrying the very best theory and practice to provide an accessible and authoritative guide to workplace learning. Practitioners, policy makers, students and academics with an interest in learning at work will find this an invaluable addition to their bookshelves. Zusammenfassung Authoritative, accessible, and appealing, this book presents key findings on work-based learning, bringing together conclusions and investigating a variety of workplace contexts to show how such learning can be improved. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: 1. Workplace Learning: Perspectives and Challenges Part 2: 2. Expansive and Restrictive Learning Environments 3. Applying the Expansive Restrictive Framework 4. Learner Biographies, Workplace Practices and Learning 5. How Individuals Influence Workplace Practices, and Work can Change Worker Dispositions and Identities 6. Workplace Learning: The Direct and Indirect Impact of Policy Interventions 7. The Direct and Indirect Impact of Policy Interventions - Case Studies from the Research Part 3: 8. Improving Workplace Learning: An Integrated Approach. Appendix on Research Methodology. ...
