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The Cultural Politics of Knowledge

Apprenticeship a la Mode

October 31, 2012 by philco

The work of Jean Lave has  made use of the term ‘apprenticeship’ to characterises how people learn  from each other  within face to face communities of practice. At the same time the government  has introduced a system of ‘modern apprenticeship’ to provide training in  many white collar and service occupations, as well as in the traditional skilled manual trades. This text … [Read more...] about Apprenticeship a la Mode

Re-Doing the Knowledge – Labour, Learning and Life Stories in Transit

October 1, 2012 by philco

A few years ago I was involved in the attempt to set up an international research project looking at the impact of globalisation  on working class culture, and in particular on the informal processes of learning  that were  transmitted through families, peer groups, workplaces and other communities of practice. The project never happened due to lack of funding but in this text, … [Read more...] about Re-Doing the Knowledge – Labour, Learning and Life Stories in Transit

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