Work, Subjectivity and Learning by Stephen Billett

Work, Subjectivity and Learning by Stephen Billett

In recent year, efforts to understand learning for and throughout working life have moved away from a focus on workplace training to concerns about learning as a component and outcome of engaging in work and work-related activities and interactions. This shift acknowledges a broader set of workplace factors that shape workers’ learning and development. Yet equally, it acknowledges that this learning through engagement is also necessarily shaped by the diverse ways that individuals elect to engage or participate in workplace activities. Central here is the issue of individuals’ subjectivity and how this is shaped by but shapes engagement in work and, therefore, what learning flows from their participation. It is in considering the relations among subjectivity, learning and work that it is possible to advance both the conceptual and procedural bases for understanding learning through and for working life. Moreover, the focus on relations among subjectivity, work and learning represents a point of convergence for diverse disciplinary traditions and practices that are provided by the book’s contributors. In this way, the contributions represent something of the emerging perspectives that are elaborating the complex relations among subjectivity, work and learning, and circumstances in which they are played out.

Margaret Somerville is Director Centre for Educational Research at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include creative and alternative approaches to research and writing in relation to planetary sustainability. Previous publications include Water in a Dry Land: Place-Learning Through Art and Story.

Monica Green is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Federation University Australia. Her teaching and research interests are focused on place-based sustainability education. She has researched sustainability curriculum frameworks and pedagogies in primary school settings, emphasising the pedagogical capacity of school grounds, food gardens and local places.

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ISBN 13	9781402053597
ISBN 10	1402053592
Title	Work, Subjectivity and Learning
Author	Stephen Billett
Series	Technical And Vocational Education And Training: Issues Concerns And Prospects
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2007-03-31
Number of pages	276
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