The Challenge of Establishing Sustainable Workplace "Skills for Life" Provision in the UK: Organisational "Strategies" and Individual "Tactics"

Autor/inn/en	Waite, Edmund; Evans, Karen; Kersh, Natasha
Titel	The Challenge of Establishing Sustainable Workplace "Skills for Life" Provision in the UK: Organisational "Strategies" and Individual "Tactics"
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 27 (2014) 2, S.199-219 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2012.742180
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Workplace Learning; Sustainability; Longitudinal Studies; Literacy; Numeracy; Basic Skills; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Program Implementation; Barriers; Financial Support; Economic Climate; Educational Administration; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Nachhaltigkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Finanzielle Förderung; Wirtschaftslage; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Drawing on longitudinal data from the ESRC-funded "Adult Basic Skills and Workplace learning" project (2003-2008), together with recent findings from research undertaken under the auspices of the LLAKES research centre (Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies), this paper seeks to explore the key factors that facilitate and inhibit sustainable "Skills for Life" (literacy, numeracy and English for speakers of other languages) workplace provision in the UK. We draw on the metaphor of a social ecology of learning to explore the inter-relationships between individuals and groups at policy and organisational level and combine this with Michael de Certeau's theoretical work on quotidian social practices in order to cast light on the diverse ways in which "Skills for Life" provision has been put to use by learners. The paper argues that the "Skills for Life" national strategy has generated a complex "ecology of learning" at policy level, whereby a byzantine and shifting funding landscape, with its concomitant bureaucracy and strong emphasis on target-bearing qualifications has militated against long-term sustainable provision. Those organisations that have managed to sustain provision have generally succeeded in integrating "Skills for Life" courses within a broader "ecology of learning" whereby there is both support and formal recognition for such provision within the organisation as a whole. (As Provided).
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