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1. Contemporary Apprenticeship

   International Perspectives on an Evolving Model of Learning

   Edited by Alison Fuller, Lorna Unwin

   Throughout the world, people understand the meaning of 'apprenticeship'. As a model of learning and skill formation, apprenticeship has adapted over the years to reflect changes in work, in technology, and in the types of knowledge that underpin occupational expertise. Apprenticeship serves the...

   To Be Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Changing Spaces of Education

   New Perspectives on the Nature of Learning

   Edited by Rachel Brooks, Alison Fuller, Johanna Waters

   In today’s modern climate, education and learning take place in multiple and diverse spaces. Increasingly, these spaces are both physical and virtual in nature. Access to and use of information and communication technologies, and the emergence of knowledge-based economies necessitate an...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
3. Rethinking Widening Participation in Higher Education

   The Role of Social Networks

   Edited by Alison Fuller, Sue Heath, Brenda Johnston

   Extending the chance for people from diverse backgrounds to participate in Higher Education (HE) is a priority in the UK and many countries internationally. Previous work on widening participation in HE however has focussed on why people choose to go to university but this vital new research has...

   Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education

   Edited by Miriam David, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Gill Crozier, Pauline Davis, Hubert Ertl, Alison Fuller, Geoff Hayward, Sue Heath, Chris Hockings, Gareth Parry, Diane Reay, Anna Vignoles, Julian Williams

   Series: Improving Learning

   Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education presents a strong and coherent rationale for improving learning for diverse students from a range of socio-economic, ethnic/racial and gender backgrounds within higher education, and for adults across the life course. Edited by...

   Published September 16th 2009 by Routledge
5. Improving Working as Learning

   By Alan Felstead, Alison Fuller, Nick Jewson, Lorna Unwin

   Series: Improving Learning

   Interest in learning at work has captured the attention of many people around the world, often taking centre stage in policy debates about improving economic performance, prosperity and well-being. This book is about the learning that goes on in workplaces – ranging from offices, factories and...

   Published April 22nd 2009 by Routledge
6. Workplace Learning in Context

   Edited by Alison Fuller, Anne Munro, Helen Rainbird

   As policy makers increasingly focus on workplace learning as a way of improving organizational performance, the debate about the learning organization has grown. Counterbalancing the often over-optimistic assumptions made about the future of work and learning, this book argues that without a...

   Published January 21st 2004 by Routledge