Surveying the Scene: Learning Metaphors, Survey Design and the Workplace Context

Autor/inn/en	Felstead, Alan; Fuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna; Ashton, David; Butler, Peter; Lee, Tracey
Titel	Surveying the Scene: Learning Metaphors, Survey Design and the Workplace Context
Quelle	In: Journal of Education & Work, 18 (2005) 4, S.359-383 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Skill Development; Figurative Language; Work Experience; Job Performance; Job Development; Education Work Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung
Abstract	The skills debate in many European countries has for many years been preoccupied with the supply of qualified individuals and participation in training events. However, recent case-study work suggests that qualifications and training are partial measures of skill development as most learning arises naturally out of the demands and challenges of everyday work experience and interactions with colleagues, clients and customers. This paper argues that the "learning as acquisition" and "learning as participation" metaphors aptly capture these two competing intellectual traditions. The paper outlines an experiment that was designed to give the "learning as participation" metaphor a firmer survey basis than it has hitherto enjoyed. The results highlight the importance of social relationships and mutual support in enhancing individual performance at work, factors which individual acquisition of qualifications and attendance on courses ignores. The paper also confirms the importance of job design in promoting and facilitating learning at work. (Contains 8 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10