Hidden Knowledge : : Organized Labour in the Information Age / / D. W. Livingstone, Peter Sawchuk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Livingstone, D. W.,; Sawchuk, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Martin, D\x27Arcy,; Morgan, Clara,; Roth, Reuben,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Working people are more knowledgeable and actively engaged in learning than public discussion generally assumes. Two basic assumptions underlie much recent discussion about work and learning: a new "knowledge-based economy" is quickly emerging with new jobs generally requiring greater knowledge and skill; and, a "lifelong learning culture" must be created in order for workers to cope with these employment-related knowledge demands. Virtually every recent public policy statement about employment in every advanced industrial country begins with these assumptions. It implies that most workers suffer from a deficit of necessary skills and knowledge which must be rectified by greater education and training efforts. Hidden Knowledge challenges these assumptions. Through life history interviews and case study research with union members, the actual learning practices of working class people are documented in unprecedented detail. Published Under the Garamond Imprint Available in the US through Rowman & Littlefield.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Dimensions of Learning and Work in the Knowledge Society -- PART I. RESEARCHING LEARNING AND WORK -- Chapter 1: Starting with Workers and Researching the "Hard Way" -- Chapter 2: Beyond Cultural Capital Theories: Hidden Dimensions of Working-Class Learning -- PART II. CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 3: Auto Workers: Lean Manufacturing and Rich Learning -- Chapter 4: Building a Workers' Learning Culture in the Chemical Industry -- Chapter 5: Learning, Restructuring and Job Segregation at a Community College -- Chapter 6: Divisions of Labour / Divisions of Learning in a Small Parts Manufacturer -- Chapter 7: Garment Workers: Learning Under Disruption -- PART III. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ACROSS CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 8: Household and Community-Based Learning: Learning Cultures and Class Differences Beyond Paid Work -- Chapter 9: Surfacing the Hidden Dimensions of the Knowledge Society: The Struggle for Knowledge Across Differences -- Appendix: Interviewee Profiles -- References -- Index