Hidden Knowledge : Organized Labour in the Information Age / Peter Sawchuk, D. W. Livingstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingstone, D. W., author.

Sawchuk, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational training.

Working class--Effect of technological innovations on.

Working class.

Labor union members--Training of.

Labor union members.

Labor unions.

Information technology.

Canada.

Genre:

Interviews.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Working people are more knowledgeable and actively engaged in learning than public discussion generally assumes. Two basic assumptions underlie much recent discussion about work and learning: a new "knowledge-based economy" is quickly emerging with new jobs generally requiring greater knowledge and skill; and, a "lifelong learning culture" must be created in order for workers to cope with these employment-related knowledge demands. Virtually every recent public policy statement about employment in every advanced industrial country begins with these assumptions. It implies that most workers suffer from a deficit of necessary skills and knowledge which must be rectified by greater education and training efforts. Hidden Knowledge challenges these assumptions. Through life history interviews and case study research with union members, the actual learning practices of working class people are documented in unprecedented detail. Published Under the Garamond Imprint Available in the US through Rowman & Littlefield.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Dimensions of Learning and Work in the Knowledge Society""; ""Spheres of Work and Learning""; ""Class and Learning""; ""Working-Class Underemployment""; ""Information Access in the Computer Era""; ""Sector-Based Research Sites""; ""Chapter Outlines""; ""PART I: RESEARCHING LEARNING AND WORK""; ""Chapter 1: Starting with Workers and Researching the ""Hard Way"" (with D'Arcy Martin)""; ""Introduction""; ""Research Methods""; ""Democratic Knowledge Production: The Importance of Social Standpoint""; ""Concluding Remarks""

""Chapter 2: Beyond Cultural Capital Theories: Hidden Dimensions of Working-Class Learning""""Introduction""; ""The Cultural Capital Bias""; ""The Rediscovery of Creative Working-Class Culture""; ""Critical Review of Major Theories of Adult Learning""; ""Origins of Cultural Historical Activity Theory""; ""Activity Theory from Vygotsky to the Present""; ""CHAT from a Working-Class Standpoint""; ""Patriarchial, Racist and Ageist Effects on Working-Class Learning""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""PART II: CASE STUDIES""

""Chapter 3: Auto Workers: Lean Manufacturing and Rich Learning (with Reuben Roth)""""Introduction""; ""The General Motors Site in Oshawa""; ""The CAW and Local 222""; ""Tightening Labour Markets and Worker Rebellion""; ""Working in the Auto Plant: ""It doesn't take a genius""""; ""Formal Schooling and Job Training""; ""Informal on the Job Training: ""You're pretty much on your own""""; ""Union-Based Education Programs""; ""Informal Learning in Local 222""; ""Cultural Historical Dimensions of Auto Workers' Learning""; ""Concluding Remarks""

""Chapter 4: Building a Workers' Learning Culture in the Chemical Industry""""Introduction""; ""Profile of Workforce and Interviewees""; ""A Profile of Learning Amongst Chemical Workers""; ""Union-Based Learning""; ""The Cultural Historical Dimensions of Learning Amongst Chemical Workers""; ""Chemical Workers' Learning and the Class Bias of Knowledge""; ""Struggle over Knowledge and Credentials at the Chemical Factory""; ""Challenging Existing Structures / Introducing New Ones""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Chapter 5: Learning, Restructuring and Job Segregation at a Community College""

""Introduction""""Working at the College""; ""Learning at the College""; ""Restructuring, Work and Learning in a College Setting""; ""Bumping and Multi-tasking: The Reality of Work and Learning for College Workers under Restructuring""; ""Segregation Processes at the College""; ""Comparing Learning Across Groups""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Chapter 6: Divisions of Labour / Divisions of Learning in a Small Parts Manufacturer""; ""Introduction""; ""Research Overview and Participant Profile""; ""Profile of Learning in a Small Parts Plant""; ""The Divisions of Learning at Work""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-0266-X

OCLC:

1114823251