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Learning, Work and Practice: New Understandings

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Editors:
  1. Paul Gibbs

    1. , Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

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  • Considers the subject from a range of philosophers’ perspectives
  • First serious collection of paper by acknowledged scholars in the field
  • Distinctive through the positioning of learning as edifying
  • Reveals insights to help develop practice

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Thinking About Work in Work Based Learning

    • Paul Gibbs
    Pages 1-5

  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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  5. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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  7. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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  9. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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  10. Section four

    1. Foucault and Work-Based Research Ethics: Revisiting Some Issues

      • Michalinos Zembylas
      Pages 179-189

    2. Communitarian Ethics and Work-Based Education: Some African Perspectives

      • Thaddeus Metz
      Pages 191-206

    3. Islamic Perspectives on Work-Based Learning

      • Mesut Akdere, Jackleen M. Salem
      Pages 207-217
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About this book

This book’s original contribution to a crowded literature on work and learning will attract strong international interest. Its focus on the philosophy of learning at work brings a fresh perspective on a topic normally viewed through psychological, anthropological and sociological eyes. It assembles a host of internationally recognized scholars who reflect on the various philosophies of work-based learning. Full of distinctive and original contributions that provide perceptive insights into the subject, the work will be a practical support to teachers, trainers and researchers at the same time as it gives readers a clear philosophical grounding in learning at work. It is, however, not simply a book about philosophy, but a gazetteer of approaches to education in work that will sustain and inspire those who provide, engage in, and support the learning of new knowledge and skills in the workplace. With adaptability to new employment opportunities so vital to existing workers, the authors stand behind continued provision of work-based learning in the face of tightening economic constraints.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

    Paul Gibbs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning, Work and Practice: New Understandings

  • Editors: Paul Gibbs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4759-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4758-6Published: 14 August 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8322-4Published: 21 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4759-3Published: 14 August 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 224

  • Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Philosophy of Education

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