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
The Cultural Politics of Knowledge
Re-Doing the Knowledge – Labour, Learning and Life Stories in Transit
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
