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Working and Learning in Times of Uncertainty

Challenges to Adult, Professional and Vocational Education

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Editors:
  1. Sandra Bohlinger

    1. Dresden University of Technology, Germany

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  2. Ulrika Haake

    1. Umeå University, Sweden

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  3. Christian Helms Jørgensen

    1. Roskilde University, Denmark

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  4. Hanna Toiviainen

    1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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  5. Andreas Wallo

    1. Linköping University, Sweden

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  • This book systematically reviews and identifies trends in and challenges for adult education in the fields of work-life learning and VET
  • It focusses at all levels of analysis (micro, meso, macro levels)
  • This book analyses the challenges of globalisation and uncertainty impacting on working and learning

Part of the book series: Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (ESRE)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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    1. Introduction

      • Sandra Bohlinger, Ulrika Haake, Christian Helms Jørgensen, Hanna Toiviainen, Andreas Wallo
      Pages 1-14

  3. Micro Level of Working and Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Configurations of Learning in Global Work

      • Hanna Toiviainen
      Pages 17-28

    3. Work and Learner Identity

      • Sissel Kondrup
      Pages 29-41

    4. Key Predictors of Learning Transfer in Continuing Vocational Training

      • Michael Gessler, Anja-Christina Hinrichs
      Pages 43-60

    5. Knowledge Development in Internship

      • Susanne Dau
      Pages 61-74

    6. Leadership in Times of Globalisation and Uncertainty

      • Gun Sparrhoff
      Pages 75-86

  4. Meso Level of Working and Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Police Students’ Values of Competence Related to a Professional Career

      • Thomas Bäck
      Pages 89-101

    3. Police Leadership Practice in Times of Uncertainty and Organisational Turmoil

      • Ola Lindberg, Oscar Rantatalo, Ulrika Haake
      Pages 103-116

    4. Dilemmas in Automation Engineers’ Daily Work and the Changing Form of Learning

      • Kirsi Kallio
      Pages 117-130

    5. Employee Resourcing In Elderly Care

      • Dan Rönnqvist, Andreas Wallo, Peter Nilsson, Bo Davidson
      Pages 131-143

    6. Recognition of Prior Learning within Elderly Care Work1

      • Andreas Fejes, Per Andersson
      Pages 145-156

  5. Macro Level of Working and Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Challenges for Work-Based Learning in Vocational Education and Training in the Nordic Countries

      • Christian Helms Jørgensen
      Pages 159-171

    3. Vocational Education and School to Work Transitions in Norway

      • Torgeir Nyen, Asgeir Skålholt, Anna Hagen Tønder
      Pages 173-182

    4. Training for Innovation in Spain

      • Carla Quesada-Pallarès, Anna Ciraso-Calí, Pilar Pineda-Herrero, Àngela Janer-Hidalgo
      Pages 183-195

    5. Vocational Education and Training from the Perspective of Key Informants of Employer Associations in Spain

      • Rafael M. Hernández Carrera, Emilio Lucio-Villegas
      Pages 197-208

    6. Governing Vocational Education and Training in Europe

      • Sandra Bohlinger
      Pages 209-222
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"This book analyses the challenges of globalisation and uncertainty impacting on working and learning at individual, organisational and societal levels. Each of the contributions addresses two overall questions: How is working and learning affected by uncertainty and globalisation? And, in what ways do individuals, organisations, political actors and education systems respond to these challenges?
Part 1 focuses on the micro level of working and learning for understanding the learning processes from an individual point of view by reflecting on learners’ needs and situations at work and in school-work transitions. Part 2 addresses the meso level by discussing sector-specific and organisational approaches to working and learning in times of uncertainty. The chapters represent a broad range of branches including public services (police work), the automotive sector and the health sector (elderly care). Finally, Part 3 addresses the macro level of working and learning by analysing how to govern, structure and organise vocational, professional and adult education at the boundaries of work, education and policy making."
                                         

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dresden University of Technology, Germany

    Sandra Bohlinger

  • Umeå University, Sweden

    Ulrika Haake

  • Roskilde University, Denmark

    Christian Helms Jørgensen

  • University of Helsinki, Finland

    Hanna Toiviainen

  • Linköping University, Sweden

    Andreas Wallo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Working and Learning in Times of Uncertainty

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges to Adult, Professional and Vocational Education

  • Editors: Sandra Bohlinger, Ulrika Haake, Christian Helms Jørgensen, Hanna Toiviainen, Andreas Wallo

  • Series Title: Research on the Education and Learning of Adults

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-244-8

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-244-8Published: 03 November 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 236

  • Topics: Education, general

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