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Informal Learning in the Workplace
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-07, 21:19 authored by Michael ErautThis paper focuses mainly on theoretical frameworks for understanding and investigating informal learning in the workplace, which have been developed through a series of large- and small-scale projects. The main conclusions are included but readers are referred to other publications for more detailed accounts of individual projects. Two types of framework are discussed. The first group seeks to deconstruct the ‘key concepts’ of informal learning, learning from experience, tacit knowledge, transfer of learning and> intuitive practice to disclose the range of different phenomena that are embraced by these popular terms. The second group comprises frameworks for addressing the three central questions that pervaded the research programme: what is being learned, how is it being learned and what are the factors that influence the level and directions of the learning effort?
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Studies in Continuing EducationISSN
0158-037XPublisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
2Volume
26Page range
247-273Pages
27.0Department affiliated with
- Education Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes