ERIC Number: ED384706
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 112
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-7300-1354-5
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Toward Development Work: The Workplace as a Learning Environment. EEE701 Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace B.
Welton, Michael
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, The Changing Workplace: Part B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document constructs a framework for exploring the concept of the workplace as a learning environment that is in fact the primary school for adult learning and development. The following topics are discussed: the educative function of work and the work environment; work as curricular structure (the rise of the Taylorist curriculum for work, Braverman and the deskilling controversy, and three approaches to work in postindustrial society); and work as a context for adult development and learning (work and personality formation and creating the educative workplace). The bibliography contains 108 references. The following papers constitute approximately 50% of the document: "Scientific Management" (H. Braverman); "On the Degradation of Skills" (W. Form); "Dilemmas of Transformation in the Age of the Smart Machine" (S. Zuboff); and "Learning, Empowerment and Participative Work Processes: The Educative Work Environment" (H. Kornbluh, R. Greene). The document contains a 10-item annotated bibliography. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure, Industrial Training, Labor Force Development, Models, On the Job Training, Personnel Management, Technological Advancement, Training Objectives, Work Environment
Adult and Workplace Education, Faculty of Education, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia 3217 ($20 Australian).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students
Language: English
Sponsor: Victorian Education Foundation.
Authoring Institution: Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia).
Identifiers - Location: Australia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A