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Informationen zum Autor Leonard Cairns , PhD, FRSA, is an Adjunct Associate professor at Monash University, Australia, and was previously Associate dean in the Faculty of Education, at Monash University. Len is a past Chair of the Workplace Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and has been a long-time member of the EERA, VETNET group. Len is an associate editor of a number of international journals and reviews for journals in the areas of VET, Management and Learning and Teacher Education. His research on work, learning and VET, and Capability Theory and application, has led to many publications. Past SAGE edited books have included The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning (Malloch, Cairns, Evans and O'Connor, Eds, 2011) and the four volume "major work", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education , (Malloch, Cairns and O'Connor Eds, 2016). Karen Evans , PhD, FAcSS is Emeritus Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education. She held the Chair in Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at UCL and served as Head of Lifelong Education and International Development in the Institute of Education, University of London. Karen’s research and publications focus on learning in the life and work transitions of youth and adulthood. Honorary Professorships currently include the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES, UCL) and RMIT University, Australia. She also plays leading roles in the Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning and in VETNET (European Educational Research Association). She was honoured to be awarded the European Commission’s Vocational Education and Training Research Award in 2017. Bridget N. O’Connor , Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Higher Education and Business Education, New York University where she taught graduate level courses including curriculum development and workplace learning. In addition to her work with SAGE Publishing, her work includes six college-level textbooks related to either end-user computing or learning in the workplace. Bridget chaired AERA’s Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and was president of the Organizational Systems Research Association, and editor of its journal. Bridget was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. She either chaired or served as a member of 60 NYU doctoral committees; several of her students have won national research awards. Klappentext Through the analysis of theory, research and practice, this Handbook provides the reader with a clear, global picture of workplace learning. Zusammenfassung Through the analysis of theory! research and practice! this Handbook provides the reader with a clear! global picture of workplace learning. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THEORY Theories of Work, Place and Learning: New Directions - Len Cairns and Margaret Malloch Theories of Workplace Learning - Paul Hager Workplaces and Learning - Knud Illeris Workplace Learning and the Organization - Alison Fuller and Lorna Unwin Subjectivity, Self and Personal Agency in Learning Through and for Work - Stephen Billet Learning in the Workplace: Communities of Practice and Beyond - Len Cairns Activity Theory and Learning at Work - Yrjo Engestrom Informal Learning at Work: Conditions, Processes and Logics - Per Erik Ellstrom Towards a Meta-Theory of Learning and Performance - Darlene Russ-Eft Knowledge and Workplace Learning - Nicholas M Allix Rethinking Work-Based Learning: For Education Professionals and Professionals Who Educate - Karen Evans, David Guile and Judy Harris PART TWO: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Researching Workplace Learning: An Overview and Critique - Peter H Sawchuck How Re...
