ESRC Learning Society series
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Differing visions of a Learning Society Vol 2
Research findings Volume 2This second volume presents findings from a national survey of the skills of British workers. It discusses both the meaning of the Learning Society for adults with learning difficulties, and the use of social capital to explain patterns of lifelong learning. The book also presents five different 'trajectories' of lifelong learning, explores the determinants of participation and non-participation in learning, and examines innovation in Higher Education.
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Differing visions of a Learning Society Vol 1
Research findings Volume 1This first volume explores the ways lifelong learning can contribute to the development of knowledge and skills for employment, and other areas of adult life. It addresses the challenges to social science researchers to study issues that are central and directly relevant to the political and policy debate, and to take into account the reality of people's lives.
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The necessity of informal learning
Policies to widen and deepen participation in learning need to concern themselves not only with increasing access and appreciating the different contexts in which learning takes place, but also with the different forms of learning. This report constitutes an exploratory study of the submerged mass of learning, which takes place informally and implicitly.
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Speaking truth to power
Research and policy on lifelong learningIn this collection of essays, researchers discuss the implications of their findings for policy. Findings are also presented for the first time from a major new survey, commissioned by The Learning Society Programme, which examined the skills of a representative sample of British workers.
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Why's the beer always stronger up North?
Studies of lifelong learning in EuropeThis report presents different models of The Learning Society, of lifelong learning and of the learning organisation, through cross-national and 'home international' comparisons. It then explores the limitations and advantages of comparative research. It will be of particular use to researchers planning international, and especially, intra-European studies.
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Learning at work
This first report in the ESRC Learning Society series examines the key processes of learning, as embedded in particular workplaces, in organisational structures and in specific social practices. The authors explore the conflicts and barriers which organisations run into (or create for themselves), even when they are trying to promote greater learning among staff.
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