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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792402503321

Titolo

Lifelong learning in paid and unpaid work : survey and case study findings / / edited by D.W. Livingstone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-98171-3

1-136-98172-1

1-282-58672-6

9786612586729

0-203-85316-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LivingstoneD. W

Disciplina

374/.971

Soggetti

Adult education - Canada

Continuing education - Canada

Working class - Education - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Surveys -- pt. 2. Case studies of unpaid work and learning -- pt. 3. Case studies of paid work and learning -- pt. 4. Case studies of transitions between education and work -- pt. 5. Concluding reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

Lifelong Learning is essential to all individuals and in recent years has become a guiding principle for policy initiatives, ranging from national economic competition to issues of social cohesion and personal fulfilment. However, despite the importance of lifelong learning there is a critical absence of direct, international evidence on its extent, content and outcomes. Lifelong Learning in Paid and Unpaid Work provides a new paradigm for understanding work and learning, documenting the active contribution of workers to their development and their adaptation to paid and unpaid work. Empirica