Work-Based Learning: Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 13, 2008 - Business & Economics - 384 pages
Work-based learning is Joe Raelin’s unique way of incorporating a number of action strategies—such as action learning, action science, and communities of practice—into a comprehensive framework to help people learn collectively with others. In this thoroughly updated and revised edition, he demonstrates how to engage our reflective powers to challenge those taken-for-granted assumptions that unwittingly hold us back from questioning standard ways of operating. A well-known popular author, Joe is an avid student of the many traditions that support work-based learning, so he presents an inclusive model that has wide appeal across disciplines and occupations. He provides readers with the most recent updates in the field, such as his coverage of virtual team learning, portfolios, multisource feedback, critical and global action learning, and changes in educational policy. Whether you're an organizational or college educator, this book will help you make learning accessible to everyone—and even contagious within your organization!
 

Contents

Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 1 Introduction
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 2 The Grounds for WorkBased Learning
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 3 The Distinctiveness of WorkBased Learning
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 4 A Theory of WorkBased Learning
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 5 Three Collective WorkBased Learning Types
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 6 Public Reflection as the Basis of WorkBased Learning
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 7 Reflective Practices
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 8 Facilitation in WorkBased Learning
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 9 The Action Project
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 10 Managing and Evaluating WorkBased Learning
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Chapter 11 WorkBased Learning Program Applications
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Notes
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Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace Index
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Joseph A. Raelin holds the Asa S. Knowles Chair of Practice-Oriented Education at Northeastern University, where he is also the director of the Center for Work and Learning. He is the author of numerous books, including Creating Leaderful Organizations.

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