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Business & Economics Labor

Hidden Knowledge

Organized Labour in the Information Age

by (author) D.W. Livingstone & Peter Sawchuk

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2003
Category
Labor, Social Aspects
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551930459
    Publish Date
    Oct 2003
    List Price
    $48.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442602663
    Publish Date
    Oct 2003
    List Price
    $32.95

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Working people are more knowledgeable and actively engaged in learning than public discussion generally assumes. Two basic assumptions underlie much recent discussion about work and learning: a new "knowledge-based economy" is quickly emerging with new jobs generally requiring greater knowledge and skill; and, a "lifelong learning culture" must be created in order for workers to cope with these employment-related knowledge demands. Virtually every recent public policy statement about employment in every advanced industrial country begins with these assumptions. It implies that most workers suffer from a deficit of necessary skills and knowledge which must be rectified by greater education and training efforts. Hidden Knowledge challenges these assumptions. Through life history interviews and case study research with union members, the actual learning practices of working class people are documented in unprecedented detail.

 

Published Under the Garamond Imprint

 

Available in the US through Rowman & Littlefield.

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