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 know...

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