Research and the pedagogics of work and learning

Abstract

This paper argues that workplace learning is a problematic activity that may not result in the celebration of employee empowerment and autonomy that is often claimed but in the reverse: the entrenchment of existing power relations. It argues for an understanding of workplace learning within a broader economic and social context and for researchers and adult educators to acknowledge their historic responsibilities to argue for socially responsible adult education.

Citation

Spencer, B. (2002), "Research and the pedagogics of work and learning", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 14 No. 7, pp. 298-305. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620210445609