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Informal Learning in the Workplace

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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:19 authored by Michael Eraut
This paper focuses mainly on theoretical frameworks for understanding and investigating informal learning in the workplace, which have been developed through a series of large- and small-scale projects. The main conclusions are included but readers are referred to other publications for more detailed accounts of individual projects. Two types of framework are discussed. The first group seeks to deconstruct the ‘key concepts’ of informal learning, learning from experience, tacit knowledge, transfer of learning and> intuitive practice to disclose the range of different phenomena that are embraced by these popular terms. The second group comprises frameworks for addressing the three central questions that pervaded the research programme: what is being learned, how is it being learned and what are the factors that influence the level and directions of the learning effort?

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Studies in Continuing Education

ISSN

0158-037X

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

26

Page range

247-273

Pages

27.0

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  • Education Publications

Full text available

  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

D Boud

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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