Adult Learning and Technology in Working-Class Life (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Sawchuk, Peter

ISBN 10: 0521817560 / ISBN 13: 9780521817561

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adult Learning and Technology in Working-Class Life (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521817560
• ISBN 13: 9780521817561
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

This book explores the hidden world of everyday learning in the lives of manufacturing workers from a social perspective. It challenges the myth that everyday learning, despite its apparent openness and freedom, can be understood as class-neutral. Based on life-history interviews, selected ethnographic observations in homes and factories, and large-scale survey materials as well as the microanalysis of human-computer interaction, the analysis follows learning across the spheres of "working-class life" and draws on the author's personal experiences as a factory worker and academic.

Book Description

This book explores the hidden world of everyday learning in the lives of manufacturing workers in Canada from a social perspective with a focus on computers. It explodes the myth that this everyday learning, despite its apparent openness and freedom, can be understood as class-neutral. Based on life-history interviews, selected ethnographic observations in homes and factories, large-scale survey materials as well as microanalysis of human computer interaction, the analysis explores learning across the various spheres of 'working-class life.' Drawing on personal experiences as a factory worker and academic, the author offers the most detailed examination of learning amongst working-class people currently available.