The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning

Through the analysis of theory, research and practice, this Handbook provides the reader with a clear, global picture of workplace learning.

This handbook provides an overview of workplace learning from a global perspective.

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Leonard Cairns, PhD, FRSA, is an Adjunct Associate professor at Monash University, Australia, and was previously Associate dean in the Faculty of Education, at Monash University. Len is a past Chair of the Workplace Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and has been a long-time member of the EERA, VETNET group. Len is an associate editor of a number of international journals and reviews for journals in the areas of VET, Management and Learning and Teacher Education. His research on work, learning and VET, and Capability Theory and application, has led to many publications. Past SAGE edited books have included The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning (Malloch, Cairns, Evans and OConnor, Eds, 2011) and the four volume "major work", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (Malloch, Cairns and OConnor Eds, 2016).

Karen Evans, PhD, FAcSS is Emeritus Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education. She held the Chair in Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at UCL and served as Head of Lifelong Education and International Development in the Institute of Education, University of London. Karen's research and publications focus on learning in the life and work transitions of youth and adulthood. Honorary Professorships currently include the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES, UCL) and RMIT University, Australia. She also plays leading roles in the Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning and in VETNET (European Educational Research Association). She was honoured to be awarded the European Commission's Vocational Education and Training Research Award in 2017.Bridget N. O'Connor, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Higher Education and Business Education, New York University where she taught graduate level courses including curriculum development and workplace learning. In addition to her work with SAGE Publishing, her work includes six college-level textbooks related to either end-user computing or learning in the workplace. Bridget chaired AERA's Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and was president of the Organizational Systems Research Association, and editor of its journal. Bridget was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. She either chaired or served as a member of 60 NYU doctoral committees; several of her students have won national research awards.

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Through the analysis of theory, research and practice, this Handbook provides the reader with a clear, global picture of workplace learning.

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PART ONE: THEORY
Theories of Work, Place and Learning: New Directions - Len Cairns and Margaret Malloch
Theories of Workplace Learning - Paul Hager
Workplaces and Learning - Knud Illeris
Workplace Learning and the Organization - Alison Fuller and Lorna Unwin
Subjectivity, Self and Personal Agency in Learning Through and for Work - Stephen Billet
Learning in the Workplace: Communities of Practice and Beyond - Len Cairns
Activity Theory and Learning at Work - Yrjo Engestrom
Informal Learning at Work: Conditions, Processes and Logics - Per Erik Ellstrom
Towards a Meta-Theory of Learning and Performance - Darlene Russ-Eft
Knowledge and Workplace Learning - Nicholas M Allix
Rethinking Work-Based Learning: For Education Professionals and Professionals Who Educate - Karen Evans, David Guile and Judy Harris
PART TWO: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Researching Workplace Learning: An Overview and Critique - Peter H Sawchuck
How Researching Learning at Work can Lead to Tools for Enhancing Learning - Michael Eraut
Researching Workplace Learning in the United States - Victoria Marsick, Karen Watkins and Bridget N O Connor
Researching Workplace Learning in Australia - Nicky Solomon and David Boud
Researching Workplace Learning in Europe - Hans Gruber and Christian Harteis
Initiatives in VET and Workplace Learning: A Korean Perspective - Sang-Duk Choi
Age Management in Organisations in the European Union - Gerhard Naegele and Alan Walker
Work and Learning: From Schools to Workplaces - Richard D Lakes
Competency-based Training and its Impact on Workplace Learning in Australia - Allie Clemans and Peter Rushbrook
Work-related Learning in the United States: Past Practices, Paradigm Shifts, and Policies of Partnerships - John M Dirkx
Workplace Learning in East Africa: A Case Study - Martin Mulder and Judith Gulikers
Policies for the Knowledge Economy: Knowledge Discourses at Play - Tara Fenwick
Virtual Workplace Learning: Promises Met? - Robert G Brookshire, Kara M Lybarger and Lynn B Keane
Seeing Workplace Learning through an Emotional Lens - Brenda R Beatty
Towards a Social Ecology of Adult Learning in and through the Workplace - Karen Evans, Edmund Waite, and Natasha Kersh
PART THREE: ISSUES AND FUTURES
Beyond the Workplace: Learning in the Lifeplace - Margaret Harris and Colin Chisholm
Workplace Learning in the Knowledge Economy: The Development of Vocational Practice and Social Capital - David Guile
Workplace Learning and Higher Education - Carol Costley
Identifying and Classifying Corporate Universities in the United States - Amy Lui-Abel
Partnerships Between and Among Education and the Public and Private Sectors - Bridget N O Connor and Doug Lynch
Brave New Workplace: The Impact of Technology on Location and Job Structures - Elizabeth Regan and Chester Delaney
Technology and Knowledge Management - Jingli Cheng, Su Jin Son and Curtis J Bonk
Workplace Learning: Organizations, Ethics and Issues - Craig E Johnson