Francophone Perspectives of Learning Through Work
Conceptions, Traditions and Practices
Editors: Filliettaz, Laurent, Billett, Stephen (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides, for the first time, a comprehensive set of accounts of research traditions developed in the Francophone area
- Makes accessible the traditions, concepts and practices associated with learning in and through the circumstances of work practice from the Francophone area
- Fosters coherence and mutual understanding in the research field of learning in and through practice
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This book generates a comprehensive account of ways in which practice-based learning has been conceptualized in the Francophone context. Learning for occupations, and the educational and practice-based experiences supporting it are the subject of increased interest and attention globally. Governments, professional bodies, workplaces and workers are now looking for experiences that support the initial and ongoing development of occupational capacities. Consequently, more attention is being given to workplaces as sites for this learning. This focus on learning through work has long been emphasised in the Francophone world, which has developed distinct traditions and conceptions of associations between work and learning. These include ergonomics and professional didactics. Yet, whilst being accepted and of long standing in the Francophone world, these conceptions and traditions, and the practices supporting them are little known about or understood in the Anglophone world, which is the dominant medium for scientific and educational discussion. This book addresses this problem through drawing on accounts from France, Switzerland and Canada that make accessible and elaborate these traditions, conceptions and practices through examples of their applications to occupationally related learning. These accounts offer variations and culturally-specific developments of these traditions, but collectively emphasize a preoccupation with how both work and learning need to be understood through situated considerations of persons enacting their work practice. In this way, they offer noteworthy and worthwhile contributions to contemporary global considerations of learning through work.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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An Introduction to Francophone Perspectives of Learning Through Work
Pages 1-16
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Conceptualising and Connecting Francophone Perspectives on Learning Through and for Work
Pages 19-48
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Stimulating Dialogue at Work: The Activity Clinic Approach to Learning and Development
Pages 49-70
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Learning by Participating: A Theoretical Configuration Applied to French Cooperative Day Care Centres
Pages 71-93
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Learning to Use Tools: A Functional Approach to Action
Pages 95-118
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Francophone Perspectives of Learning Through Work
- Book Subtitle
- Conceptions, Traditions and Practices
- Editors
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- Laurent Filliettaz
- Stephen Billett
- Series Title
- Professional and Practice-based Learning
- Series Volume
- 12
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-18669-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-18669-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-18668-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-34383-9
- Series ISSN
- 2210-5549
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 378
- Number of Illustrations
- 15 b/w illustrations
- Topics