| Adult Learning and Technology in Working-Class Life Contributor(s): Sawchuk, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521817560 ISBN-13: 9780521817561 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $79.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Education & Training - Education | Adult & Continuing Education |
| Dewey: 374.001 |
| LCCN: 2002071491 |
| Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Persp |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.14 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the hidden world of everyday learning in the lives of manufacturing workers from a social perspective. It challenges the myth that everyday learning, despite its apparent openness and freedom, can be understood as class-neutral. Based on life-history interviews, selected ethnographic observations in homes and factories, and large-scale survey materials as well as the microanalysis of human-computer interaction, the analysis follows learning across the spheres of working-class life and draws on the author's personal experiences as a factory worker and academic. |