Hidden Knowledge: Organized Labour in the Information Age - Softcover

Livingstone, D. W.; Sawchuk, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551930455 ISBN 13: 9781551930459

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2003

Synopsis

Working people are more knowledgeable and actively engaged in learning than public discussion generally assumes. Two basic assumptions underlie much recent discussion about work and learning: a new "knowledge-based economy" is quickly emerging with new jobs generally requiring greater knowledge and skill; and, a "lifelong learning culture" must be created in order for workers to cope with these employment-related knowledge demands. Virtually every recent public policy statement about employment in every advanced industrial country begins with these assumptions. It implies that most workers suffer from a deficit of necessary skills and knowledge which must be rectified by greater education and training efforts. Hidden Knowledge challenges these assumptions. Through life history interviews and case study research with union members, the actual learning practices of working class people are documented in unprecedented detail.

Published Under the Garamond Imprint

Available in the US through Rowman & Littlefield.

About this title

About the Author

D.W. Livingstone is Canada Research Chair in Lifelong Learning and Work at the University of Toronto, Head of the Centre for the Study of Education and Work at OISE/UT, and Director of the SSHRC national research network on "The Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning."

Review

An important and valuable academic look at knowledge and learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1551930455
• ISBN 13: 9781551930459
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320