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Learning, Working and Living Mapping the Terrain of Working Life Learning Edited by Elena Antonacopoulou, Peter Jarvis, Vibeke Andersen, Bente Elkjaer and Steen Høyrup Learning, Working and Living This page intentionally left blank Learning, Working and Living Mapping the Terrain of Working Life Learning Edited by Elena Antonacopoulou Peter Jarvis Vibeke Andersen Bente Elkjaer Steen Høyrup Selection and editorial matter © Elena Antonacopoulou, Peter Jarvis, Vibeke Andersen, Bente Elkjaer and Steen Høyrup 2005 Individual chapters © contributors 2005 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. 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Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–1–4039–4767–3 hardback ISBN-10: 1–4039–4767–8 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Learning, working and living : mapping the terrain of working life learning / edited by Elena Antonacopoulou . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–4767–8 (cloth) 1. Organizational learning. 2. Employees—Training of. 3. Learning. I. Antonacopoulou, Elena P. HD58.82.L43 2005 658.3′124—dc22 2005051004 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents List of Figures x List of Contributors xi Foreword xiii References xvi 1. Learning, Working and Living: An Introduction 1 Elena P. Antonacopoulou Rationale of the book 1 Organization of the book 2 Learning as a way of living 3 Learning and working 5 Learning and knowing in work organizations 7 Part I: Learning as a Way of Living 2. Organizational Learning and Workplace Learning – Similarities and Differences 15 Bente Elkjaer and Bjarne Wahlgren Organizational learning 16 Workplace learning 22 Similarities and differences between OL and WPL 28 References 29 3. Two Logics of Learning 33 Per-Erik Ellström Learning in organizations: reproduction versus development 34 Two logics of work and learning 35 The two logics presuppose different conditions of learning 38 Balancing the logics of performance and development 43 Concluding remarks 46 References 46 v vi Contents 4. Innovative Learning is Not Enough 50 Claus Elmholdt Situating the comparative study theoretically 52 Situating the comparative study methodologically 54 Workplace learning at yard 55 Workplace learning at Web A/S 57 Workplace learning at A-Soft 59 Discussion 62 Summary and conclusion 63 References 64 Part II: Learning and Working 5. Knowledge, Progression and the Understanding of Workplace Learning 69 Erik Laursen The concept of learning and modern work organizations 70 Organizational learning viewed from three concepts of progression 74 Learning situations – the interactional aspect of OL 78 Learning as a perspective: what are we doing? 81 References 82 Notes 84 6. Reflection in Learning at Work 85 Steen Høyrup Conceptual premises 85 The root of reflection: the thinking of John Dewey 88 Contributions from adult education 89 The domain of problem solving 93 Critical reflection 98 Conclusions 99 References 100 7. How to ‘Bridge the Gap’ – Experiences in Connecting the Educational and Work System 102 Lennart Svensson and Hanne Randle Obstacles to workplace learning – two different systems that do not interact 102 The complementarity of formal and informal learning 106 Contents vii A flexible model for workplace learning 109 What strategy can be used? 113 Supportive structures are needed 114 Some final reflections 115 References 116 Notes 118 8. The Workplace – a Landscape of Learning 119 Klaus Nielsen and Steinar Kvale The landscape of learning at work 122 The personal learning horizon 132 Conclusion 134 References 134 Note 135 Part III: Learning and Knowing in Work Organizations 9. Configuring Places for Learning – Participatory Development of Learning Practices at Work 139 Thomas Binder, Erling Björgvinsson and Per-Anders Hillgren Machine setters on video 141 Self-produced video and everyday learning among intensive care nurses 144 Watching a colleague on video 147 Coming full circle 150 References 151 10. Learning in and for Work, and the Joint Construction of Mediational Artefacts: An Activity Theoretical View 154 Reijo Miettinen and Jaakko Virkkunen How the results of learning are preserved, accumulated, and transmitted 154 Joint creation of artefacts as a key to collective learning at work 156 The developmental contradictions of the labour-protection inspectors’ work in the 1980s 158 Creating new instruments for inspection work within the Uusimaa Labour Protection District 160 Conclusions 165 References 167 Note 169 viii Contents 11. The Learning Processes in the Work Organization: From Theory to Design 170 Annikki Järvinen and Esa Poikela The case organization 171 Experience as a source of learning at work 175 Learning contexts in a work organization 176 Learning processes in the work organization 181 Conclusion 186 References 186 12. Conditions for Learning During a Period of Change. Dilemmas and Disturbances on the Production Floor 188 Gun-Britt Wärvik and Per-Olof Thång Analytical concepts 189 Gear 192 How to understand ‘something different’ 193 The production-planning meeting 193 Conclusions 198 References 200 13. A Context of Learning in the Workplace 202 Hanne Dauer Keller The concept of competence 203 Sense making in social work 204 Development of practical knowledge 206 Learning through being part of a community of practice 207 Learning as adaptation and renewal 208 A study of the development of social workers’ competences 210 Some dilemmas of social work 212 The results 213 Developments of social practice 215 Conclusion 216 References 217 14. Non-learning in Multicultural Work Communities 219 Marit Rismark and Jorun M. Stenøien Theoretical framework 220 Object of study 222 Interviewing informants and analysing the material 223 Contents ix Filling the job at the nursing home ward 224 Implications for workplace learning 230 References 232 15. Working Life Learning: Learning-in-Practise 234 Elena P. Antonacopoulou Introduction 234 Learning, living, working as change routines 235 Learning as a complex social system 239 Inter-connectivity 240 Diversity 241 Self-organization/emergence 241 Politics and power 243 Learning-in-practise 244 Conclusions 247 Acknowledgements 248 References 249 Note 254 Index 255
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