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Hidden knowledge : organized labour in the information age /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aurora, Ont. :
Garamond Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Dimensions of Learning and Work in the Knowledge Society
- Spheres of Work and Learning
- Class and Learning
- Working-Class Underemployment
- Information Access in the Computer Era
- Sector-Based Research Sites
- Chapter Outlines
- PART I: RESEARCHING LEARNING AND WORK
- Chapter 1: Starting with Workers and Researching the Hard Way (with D'Arcy Martin)
- Introduction
- Research Methods
- Democratic Knowledge Production: The Importance of Social Standpoint
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 2: Beyond Cultural Capital Theories: Hidden Dimensions of Working-Class LearningIntroduction
- The Cultural Capital Bias
- The Rediscovery of Creative Working-Class Culture
- Critical Review of Major Theories of Adult Learning
- Origins of Cultural Historical Activity Theory
- Activity Theory from Vygotsky to the Present
- CHAT from a Working-Class Standpoint
- Patriarchial, Racist and Ageist Effects on Working-Class Learning
- Concluding Remarks
- PART II: CASE STUDIES
- Chapter 3: Auto Workers: Lean Manufacturing and Rich Learning (with Reuben Roth)Introduction
- The General Motors Site in Oshawa
- The CAW and Local 222
- Tightening Labour Markets and Worker Rebellion
- Working in the Auto Plant: It doesn't take a genius
- Formal Schooling and Job Training
- Informal on the Job Training: You're pretty much on your own
- Union-Based Education Programs
- Informal Learning in Local 222
- Cultural Historical Dimensions of Auto Workers' Learning
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 4: Building a Workers' Learning Culture in the Chemical IndustryIntroduction
- Profile of Workforce and Interviewees
- A Profile of Learning Amongst Chemical Workers
- Union-Based Learning
- The Cultural Historical Dimensions of Learning Amongst Chemical Workers
- Chemical Workers' Learning and the Class Bias of Knowledge
- Struggle over Knowledge and Credentials at the Chemical Factory
- Challenging Existing Structures / Introducing New Ones
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 5: Learning, Restructuring and Job Segregation at a Community College
- IntroductionWorking at the College
- Learning at the College
- Restructuring, Work and Learning in a College Setting
- Bumping and Multi-tasking: The Reality of Work and Learning for College Workers under Restructuring
- Segregation Processes at the College
- Comparing Learning Across Groups
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 6: Divisions of Labour / Divisions of Learning in a Small Parts Manufacturer
- Introduction
- Research Overview and Participant Profile
- Profile of Learning in a Small Parts Plant
- The Divisions of Learning at Work