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Older and wiser?: workplace learning from the perspective of experienced employees
This paper explores the (changing) role of older, experienced employees in the workplace in terms of their own need ... Show more
Date: 2005
Resource type: Article
Journal title: International journal of lifelong education
Subjects: Research; Teaching and learning; Workforce development ... [+] Show more
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Learning as peripheral participation in communities of practice: a reassessment of key concepts in workplace learning
This article explores the strengths and weaknesses of Lave and Wenger’s concept of ‘legitimate peripheral participa ... Show more
Date: 2005
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: British educational research journal
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Communities of practice; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
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Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
We study transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories fr ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: Bangladesh; Asia
Resource type: Article
Journal title: IZA journal of development and migration
Subjects: Employment; Labour market; Governance ... [+] Show more
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What counts as good practice in contemporary apprenticeships?: evidence from two contrasting sectors in England
Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to: first, outline the features of the contemporary apprenticeship ... Show more
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Education + training
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Quality; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Fostering workplace learning: looking through the lens of apprenticeship
This article argues that researching the lived reality of apprenticeship in contemporary workplaces provides a usef ... Show more
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: European educational research journal
Subjects: Industry; Apprenticeship; Research ... [+] Show more
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Apprenticeships and regeneration: the civic struggle to achieve social and economic goals
Apprenticeship has always played both a social and economic role. Today, it forms part of the regeneration strategi ... Show more
Date: 2013
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: British journal of educational studies
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Culture and society; Economics ... [+] Show more
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The employment perspective: stakeholders, skills and star-gazing: the problematic relationship between education, training and the labour market
This paper is part of a collection compiled for a Further Education Development Agency (FEDA) project that investig ... Show more
Date: 1997
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Series name: FEDA report
Subjects: Qualifications; Labour market; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Grooving to the same tunes?: learning, training and productive systems in the aerobics studio
Closing the productivity gap with other nations has become a mantra of public policy in the UK. Promoting participa ... Show more
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Outcomes; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Constructing learning: adversarial and collaborative working in the British construction industry
This paper examines two competing systems of work organisation in the British construction industry and their conse ... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Journal of education and work
Subjects: Employment; Skills and knowledge; Industry ... [+] Show more
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'Knowledge workers' as the new apprentices: the influence of organisational autonomy, goals and values on the nurturing of expertise
This paper explores the concept of apprenticeship in the context of the professional formation of knowledge workers ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Vocations and learning: studies in vocational and professional education
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Workforce development; Research ... [+] Show more