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Faller, Pierre; Marsick, Victoria J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Change always catalyzes organizational members to challenge, reframe, and revisit the assumptions that preside over the work they do. But how do recent changes affect individual and collective organizational transformations? More fundamentally, how can we think about learning and transformation in an organizational environment in perpetual…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Organizational Change
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Hwang, Jihee; Yoon, Seung Won – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Along with the rapidly changing social and economic context accompanied by COVID-19, concerns have been raised for the less-educated, low-wage workers who disproportionately experienced disadvantages in accessing workplace learning or training opportunities essential for job placement or career development. In response to the challenges of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Workplace Learning, Disadvantaged
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Robbins, Stacey; Hoggan, Chad – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This chapter draws on research in organizational (workplace) learning to provide guidelines for educators to effectively design, facilitate, and evaluate collaborative learning experiences.
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Workplace Learning
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Scully-Russ, Ellen; Boyle, Kevin – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2018
Through the lens of Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical Development Theory, the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) moves traditional informal workplace theories into the cultural, intersubjective realm.
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Food, Informal Education, Workplace Learning
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Yuan, Dayong; Gui, Min; Shen, Xinyi – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
The idea of building learning cities is one of the important strategies for implementing lifelong learning in China. It is well accepted through policymaking, research, and practice. This article provides an overview of building a learning city in Beijing. Three cases offer perspectives that explain the structure, policy, and practice of building…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Community Colleges, Adult Education