The significance of individual biography in workplace learning
Hodkinson, P., Hodkinson, H., Evans, K., Kersh, N., Fuller, A., Unwin, L. and Senker, P. (2004) The significance of individual biography in workplace learning. Studies in the Education of Adults, 36, (1), 6-24.
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In this paper we address a perceived gap in the workplace learning literature, for there is very little writing which successfully integrates the issues of individual learners into predominantly social theories of learning. The paper draws upon data from four linked research projects to address this problem. Following an analysis of the theoretical problems and a possible solution, the paper identifies and discussed four overlapping individual dimensions to workplace learning. They are: workers bring prior knowledge, understanding and skills which contribute to their learning; the habitus of workers influences the ways they co-construct and take advantage of opportunities for learning at work; the dispositions of individual workers contribute to the co-production and reproduction of the workplace culture; and belonging to a workplace community contributes to the developing identity of the workers themselves
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0266-0830 (print) |
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| Keywords: | lifelong learning, workplace learning, situated learning, communities of practice, learning biographies, learners, |
| Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Education > Lifelong and Work-Related Learning University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Education |
| Item ID: | 55188 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:22 |
| Contributors: | Hodkinson, P. (Author) Hodkinson, H. (Author) Evans, K. (Author) Kersh, N. (Author) Fuller, A. (Author) Unwin, L. (Author) Senker, P. (Author) |
| Date: | 1 April 2004 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55188 |
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