Title: Learning and work and the politics of working life : global transformations and collective identities in teaching, nursing and social work /
Authors: Seddon, Terri; Henriksson, Lea.; Niemeyer, Beatrix.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Adult education Cross-cultural studies.; Career education Cross-cultural studies.
Abstract: "Large-scale changes in work and education are a key feature of contemporary global transformations, with a pervasive politics that affects people's experiences of workplaces and learning spaces." "This book uses empirical research to question prevailing debates surrounding compliance at work, education and lifelong learning, and emphasises the importance of debate and dissent within the current terms and conditions of work. Examining a number of types of work, including teaching, nursing and social work, through a transnational research space, the contributors investigate how disturbances in work both constrain and enable collective identities in practical politics."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction-disturbing work and transforming politics / Terri Seddon, Lea Henriksson, and Beatrix Niemeyer -- Disturbing academic work : theorising a global book project / Terri Seddon, Lea Henriksson and Beatrix Niemeyer -- Human service labour force in the making : spotlight on Finnish practical nurses / Lea Henriksson -- Disputing managerial architecture in educational work : irony as a liberating strategy for Finnish vocational teachers / Karin Filander -- Disturbing work, workspaces and working lives : three Australian case studies / Anita Devos, Lesley Farrell and Terri Seddon -- Reconstructing US community college faculty : mobilising professional expertise / Richard L. Wagoner, John S. Levin and Susan Kater -- German school-to-work transition programmes : disturbing work for educators / Beatrix Niemeyer -- Paraprofessional development in the UK : ambivalences and contradictions / Chris Kubiak -- Finnish redefinitions of the 'social' in social work : an eroding ethical discourse? / Päivi Niiranen-Linkama -- Adult literacy teaching in Australia : rethinking occupational knowledge / Sue Shore -- An Australian worker navigating precarious work and fluid subjectivity / John Pardy -- Employers coping with their ageing workforce in eastern Germany / Rudolf Husemann -- Young adults' career prospects and aspirations in eastern Germany and the United States / Antje Barabasch -- A politics of working life / Frigga Haug.