{"product_id":"lifelong-learning-in-paid-and-d-w-livingstone-9780415565646","title":"Lifelong Learning in Paid and Unpaid Work: Survey and Case Study Findings","description":"\u003cp\u003eLifelong Learning is essential to all individuals and in recent years has become a guiding principle for policy initiatives, ranging from national economic competition to issues of social cohesion and personal fulfilment. However, despite the importance of lifelong learning there is a critical absence of direct, international evidence on its extent, content and outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLifelong Learning in Paid and Unpaid Work\u003c\/em\u003e provides a new paradigm for understanding work and learning, documenting the active contribution of workers to their development and their adaptation to paid and unpaid work. Empirical evidence drawn from national surveys in Canada and eight related case studies is used to explore the current learning activities of those in paid employment, housework and volunteer work, addressing all forms of learning including: formal schooling, further education courses, informal training and self-directed learning, particularly in the context of organisational and technological change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProposing an expanded conceptual framework for investigating the relationships between learning and work, the contributors offer new insights into the ways in which adult learning adapts to and helps reshape the wide contemporary world of work throughout the life course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. W. Livingstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415565642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415565646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"D. W. Livingstone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064934215935,"sku":"9780415565646","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_590d0f0a-fa0c-4fb5-81f8-f02c07326062.jpg?v=1768672020","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifelong-learning-in-paid-and-d-w-livingstone-9780415565646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}