Work-based learning : bridging knowledge and action in the workplace / Joseph A. Raelin ; foreword by T.J. Elliott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raelin, Joseph A., 1948-

Series:

Jossey-Bass business & management series.

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executives--Training of.

Executives.

Employees--Training of.

Employees.

Organizational learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

New and rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Work-based learning is Joe Raelin's unique way of incorporating a number of action strategies-such as action learning, action science, and communities of practice-into a comprehensive framework to help people learn collectively with others. In this thoroughly updated and revised edition, he demonstrates how to engage our reflective powers to challenge those taken-for-granted assumptions that unwittingly hold us back from questioning standard ways of operating. A well-known popular author, Joe is an avid student of the many traditions that support work-based learning, so he presents an inclusiv

Contents:

Work-Based Learning: Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace; Contents; Foreword; Preface; The Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; What Is Work-Based Learning?; Uniqueness of This Book; The Plan for the Book; Chapter 2: The Grounds for Work-Based Learning; The World of the Busy Executive; The New Learning; How Managers and Professionals Have Traditionally Learned; A More Radical View; An Integrative View; Chapter 3: The Distinctiveness of Work-Based Learning; Work-Based Learning and Organizational Learning; Work-Based Learning and Competencies; Work-Based Learning and Educational Policy

Predisposition Toward Work-Based LearningWork-Based Learning and Leadership; Critical Work-Based Learning; Chapter 4: A Theory of Work-Based Learning; Theory versus Practice Modes of Learning; Explicit versus Tacit Forms of Knowledge; The Conceptual Model; Chapter 5: Three Collective Work-Based Learning Types; Action Learning; Community of Practice; Action Science; Chapter 6: Public Reflection as the Basis of Work-Based Learning; Reflective Practice: What Is It?; Reflection and Experience; The "Practicality" of Reflection; Why Reflection Leads to a Better World

Chapter 7: Reflective PracticesLearning Teams; The Journal and Portfolio; Developmental Planning; Developmental Relationships; Chapter 8: Facilitation in Work-Based Learning; Facilitation Methods; Facilitation and Group Development; Facilitation and Change; Facilitator Training; Facilitator Differences; Distress Facilitation; Critical Facilitation; Advanced Facilitator Skills in Reflective Practice; Chapter 9: The Action Project; Project Choice and Operation; Project Presentations; Project Composition; Project Location; Project Administration Issues; The Challenge of Action Projects

Chapter 10: Managing and Evaluating Work-Based LearningA Guide for Program Managers; The Measurement of Work-Based Learning; Chapter 11: Work-Based Learning Program Applications; Prototype Program; Global Programs; Comprehensive Case Examples; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611217457

9781281217455

128121745X

9780470260807

0470260807

OCLC:

608622290