Informal Learning, Practitioner Inquiry and Occupational Education

Informal Learning, Practitioner Inquiry and Occupational Education explores how practitioners in a variety of occupations perform their jobs and argues that working and learning are intricately connected.

Auteur

Sai Loo is an academic at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Brian Sutton is Professor of Learning Performance at Middlesex University, UK

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Informal Learning, Practitioner Inquiry and Occupational Education explores how practitioners in a variety of occupations perform their jobs and argues that working and learning are intricately connected. Drawing on theories around working and learning in informal, formal and lifelong settings, the book gives insights into how workers negotiate their occupational practices.

The book investigates four related concepts - informal learning, practitioner inquiry, occupational education and epistemological perspectives. The combinations of theories and empirical case studies are used to provide a conceptual framework of inquiry where knowledge, abilities, experiences and skill sets play a significant aspect. It presents 11 case studies of professions ranging from conventional occupations of acting, detective work, international road transportation to emerging professions of boardroom consultancy, nutritional therapy and opinion leadership.

This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and postgraduate students who are engaged in the study of informal education, vocational education and occupation-related programmes. It will also offer significant insights for related education practitioners wanting to have greater understanding of their own journeys and practices.

Contenu

Chapter 1

Introduction

SAI LOO AND BRIAN SUTTON

Chapter 2

Informal learning and occupational education literature review SAI LOO AND BRIAN SUTTON

Chapter 3

Perspectives from academe BRIAN SUTTON AND SAI LOO

Chapter 4

Case studies of 11 participants ANDREW ATTER, SUE BINKS, NOEL DENNIS, MARIT DUE, BRYONY HANNAH, PETER MACDONALD, EMMA REES, CHRISTINE SCHOLES, MIGUEL TORIBIO-MATEAS, RUSSELL WATE AND PAULA WERRETT

Chapter 5

Findings, discussion and conceptualisation of informal learning in occupational practices SAI LOO AND BRIAN SUTTON

Chapter 6

Reflections of (informal) learning in occupational practices SAI LOO AND BRIAN SUTTON

Bibliography

Index