The SAGE Handbook For Learning and Work

Sage, 2022.

Zaichenko N. A., Zaichenko L., Kersh N.

Academic editor: M. Malloch, R. Evans, K. Evans, B. N. O Connor

The first two decades of the 21st century have contributed a growing body of research, theorisation and empirical studies on learning and work. This Handbook takes the consideration of this topic into a new realm, moving beyond the singular linking of identity, learning and work to embrace a more holistic appreciation of learners and their life-long learning.

Across 40 chapters, learners, learning and work are situated within educational, organisational, social, economic and political contexts. Taken together, these contributions paint a picture of evolving perspectives of how scholars from around the world view developments in both theory and practice, and map the shifts in learning and work over the past two decades.

 

Chapters

Enhancing the Life Chances and Social Participation of Young Adults through Workplace Learning

Kersh N., Natalia Zaichenko, Zaichenko L., , in: The SAGE Handbook For Learning and Work.: Sage, 2022. Ch. 28 P. 474–492.

The role of workplace and vocationally oriented learning in fostering the inclusion, employability and civic engagement of young adults has been increasingly recognized by policy, practice and research (European Commission, 1998, 2000, 2016; Jarvis, 2012; Saar et al., 2013). Various configurations of work-related learning have become important components of national and international strategies for Lifelong ...

Added: September 6, 2024

Keywords: workplace, educational and career trajectories, human and social capital