1st Edition
How Non-Permanent Workers Learn and Develop Challenges and Opportunities
188 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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How Non-Permanent Workers Learn and Develop is an empirically based exploration of the challenges and opportunities non-permanent workers face in accessing quality work, learning, developing occupational identities and striving for sustainable working lives. Based on a study of 100 non-permanent workers in Singapore, it offers a model to guide thinking about workers’ learning and development in... Read more
1. Introduction (Karen Evans)
2. What does it mean to be a NPWer? Learning and identity (Helen Bound and Karen Evans with Annie Karmel and Sahara Sadik)
3. To be or not to be? That is not a simple question. Motivations for becoming a non-permanent worker (Annie Karmel)
4. Contexts (Sahara Sadik)
5. Integrated practice (Helen Bound)
6. Using the spaces of NPW for learning curriculum design and delivery type (Helen Bound and Karen Evans)
7. Implications for workforce development (David Ashton and Sahara Sadik)
2. What does it mean to be a NPWer? Learning and identity (Helen Bound and Karen Evans with Annie Karmel and Sahara Sadik)
3. To be or not to be? That is not a simple question. Motivations for becoming a non-permanent worker (Annie Karmel)
4. Contexts (Sahara Sadik)
5. Integrated practice (Helen Bound)
6. Using the spaces of NPW for learning curriculum design and delivery type (Helen Bound and Karen Evans)
7. Implications for workforce development (David Ashton and Sahara Sadik)
Biography
Helen Bound is Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Centre for Work and Learning at the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore; Honorary Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Tasmania; and Honorary Principal Research Fellow with Griffith University.
Karen Evans is Emeritus Professor of Education at University College London, and Honorary Professor with the Centre for Learning and Life Chances, University College London.
Sahara Sadik is Principal Researcher at the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore.
Annie Karmel was Researcher at the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore.
