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Learning In The Workplace: Strategies for effective practice
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In this article, the authors present a study based on research of a wide variety of workplaces in different countries, analyzing workplace learning and providing strategies on how to implement a curriculum for the workplace.Abstract:
This book, based on research of a wide variety of workplaces in different countries, analyses workplace learning and provides strategies on how to implement a curriculum for the workplace. The author outlines the knowledge that individuals need and how best to acquire this knowledge in workplace settings and then discusses how to develop a workplace curriculum which can be implemented in organisations of different size. The book is divided into two parts. Part one aims to develop an understanding of workplaces as learning environments and comprises the following chapters: Working and learning; Expertise at work; Learning vocational expertise at work. Part two focuses on a workplace curriculum and the chapters are: A workplace curriculum model; Guided learning at work; Organising and managing workplace learning. A glossary is also provided.read more
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