Alan Felstead is Research Professor at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Alison Fuller is Professor of Education and Work in the School of Education, University of Southampton. Nick Jewson is Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Lorna Unwin is Professor of Vocational Education in the Institute of Education, University of London.
List of figures
p. vii
Acknowledgements
p. ix
List of abbreviations
p. xi
Setting the scene
p. 1
Introduction
p. 1
Collecting the evidence
p. 7
Outline of the book
p. 12
Mapping the Working as Learning Framework
p. 17
Introduction
p. 17
Productive systems
p. 18
Work organization
p. 24
Workplace learning
p. 27
Power and indeterminacy
p. 31
Conclusion
p. 34
Processing calls
p. 37
Introduction
p. 37
Collecting the evidence
p. 39
Productive system in a local authority
p. 42
Rationalization of work tasks
p. 49
Enhancing the experiences of service users
p. 52
Negotiating with service providers
p. 56
Conclusion
p. 59
Promoting health
p. 62
Introduction
p. 62
Collecting the evidence
p. 63
Role of health visitors
p. 63
Productive system of health visiting
p. 68
The history of the `community of practice'
p. 73
Conclusion
p. 83
Exercising to music
p. 87
Introduction
p. 87
Collecting the evidence
p. 88
Producing exercise to music classes
p. 90
Exercising discretion
p. 96
Scope for learning
p. 102
Conclusion
p. 109
Creating knowledge
p. 112
Introduction
p. 112
Collecting the evidence
p. 114
Two contrasting productive systems
p. 115
University contract researchers
p. 120
Software engineers
p. 129
Conclusion
p. 137
Making sandwiches
p. 140
Introduction
p. 140
Collecting the evidence
p. 142
Sandwich production
p. 143
Learning to develop new products
p. 151
Conclusion
p. 162
Utilizing artefacts
p. 166
Introduction
p. 166
Collecting the evidence
p. 168
Accrediting learning in automotive manufacturing
p. 171
Managerial control in supermarket retailing
p. 179
Conclusion
p. 187
Bringing working and learning together
p. 189
Introduction
p. 189
Investigating working and learning
p. 191
Positioning the Working as Learning Framework
p. 197
Implications for policy, practice and research
p. 203
Bibliography
p. 207
Index
p. 227
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