Hidden Knowledge : : Organized Labour in the Information Age / / D. W. Livingstone, Peter Sawchuk.
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 know...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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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