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Looking inside the Russian Doll: The Interconnections between Context, Learning and Pedagogy in the Workplace
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Unwin, Lorna; Felstead, Alan; Fuller, Alison; Bishop, Dan; Lee, Tracey; Jewson, Nick; Butler, Peter – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2007
There is now much awareness of the symbiotic relationship between workplace learning, the organisation of work, level of employee involvement, organisational performance, and the broader economic, regulatory, and social context within which organisations have to operate. This article argues that we have to identify and take serious account of the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Context Effect, Social Environment, Instruction
Changing the Way We Work
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Felstead, Alan; Fuller, Alison; Jewson, Nick; Unwin, Lorna – Adults Learning, 2009
All workplaces are sites in which people learn. To state such a fact still seems fairly revolutionary given that many employers and policymakers tend to restrict the meaning of job-related learning to formal episodes of "training" that can be counted and costed. This view is rooted in a wider perception prevalent in society in general…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment, Job Training, Private Sector
Learning as Peripheral Participation in Communities of Practice: A Reassessment of Key Concepts in Workplace Learning
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Fuller, Alison; Hodkinson, Heather; Hodkinson, Phil; Unwin, Lorna – British Educational Research Journal, 2005
This article explores the strengths and weaknesses of Lave and Wenger's concept of "legitimate peripheral participation" as a means of understanding workplace learning. It draws on recent ESRC-funded research by the authors in contemporary workplace settings in the UK (manufacturing industry and secondary schools) to establish the extent…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Employees, Vocational Education, Work Environment
Teaching and Learning in Further Education. 2nd Edition. Diversity and Change.
Huddleston, Prue; Unwin, Lorna – 2002
This book, which is intended for individuals teaching in the United Kingdom's further education (FE) sector, provides practical advice regarding teaching and learning within the context of the changing FE environment and addresses the diverse nature of the curriculum and the student body for which FE is designed. The following are among the topics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Teaching and Learning in Further Education: Diversity and Change.
Huddleston, Prue; Unwin, Lorna – 1997
This book, which is intended for individuals teaching in the United Kingdom's further education (FE) sector, provides practical advice regarding teaching and learning within the context of the changing FE environment and addresses the diverse nature of the curriculum and the student body for which FE is designed. The following are among the topics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students