1st Edition

Learning in the Workplace (Routledge Revivals)

Edited By Victoria Marsick Copyright 2015
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

The nature of the workplace and the workforce has changed rapidly in post-industrial society. Most workers are now facing the need for high levels of preparatory education, retraining for new jobs and the ability to continue learning at work in order to keep up with new developments. The book, first published in 1987, argues that training in the workplace often fails because it is based on... Read more

Introduction;  Part 1: An Emerging Paradigm;  1. New Paradigms for Learning in the Workplace  2. Management Workshop: Toward a New Paradigm;  Part 2: Organizations as Learning Environments;  3. Organizations as Clarifying Learning Environments  4. Learning Participation: The Worker’s Viewpoint;  Part 3: Informal Learning in the Workplace;  5. Self-Directed Learning in Industry  6. Mentoring as a Learning Experience  7. Training Master Teachers to Mentor  8. Coaching: Collegial Learning in Schools;  Part 4: Implications for Research and Practice;  9. Approaches to Studying Learning in the Workplace  10. Applications to Practice;  About the Authors;  Index

Biography

Marsick, Victoria