This book seeks to develop the philosophy of Heidegger notion and reflects the growing importance of work based studies which is becoming of special interest to higher education institutions and commercial organisations. The author acknowledges the dominance of the economic discourse of higher education, but in this book he tries to argue that Heidegger offers a phenomenological approach to understanding the diversity to higher education that work based learning can bring. The book offers a structured argument for a phenomenological understanding of both the educational institution and the commercial environment to be considered as workplaces.
Author(s): Paul Gibbs (auth.)
Series: Professional and Practice-based Learning 4
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 176
Tags: Professional & Vocational Education; Phenomenology; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Work-Based Learning as a Field of Study....Pages 11-22
Learning as Knowledge of Being-in-the-World....Pages 23-33
Dwelling at Work....Pages 35-45
What Is Work? A Heideggerian Insight into the Workplace as a Site for Learning....Pages 47-62
Heidegger: Time, Work and the Challenges for University-Led Work-Based Learning....Pages 63-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Assessment and Recognition of Work-Based Learning....Pages 79-91
Quality in Work-Based Studies Is Not Lost, Merely Undiscovered....Pages 93-101
Adopting Consumer Time: Potential Issues for Higher Level Work-Based Learning....Pages 103-110
The Concept of Boredom: Its Impact on Work-Based Learning....Pages 111-123
Practical Wisdom and the Workplace Researcher....Pages 125-138
Doing Phenemological Research in the Workplace....Pages 139-147
The World of Work-Based Studies and the Recession....Pages 149-154
Back Matter....Pages 155-175
