Author: Boud David Solomon Nicky
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
ISSN: 1366-5626
Source: The Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol.15, Iss.7-8, 2003-12, pp. : 326-331
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Abstract
The terms "learning" and "learner" are used in discussions of workplace learning as if they were unproblematic and as if workers, organisations and researchers had a common, shared view about what these terms mean. A study of four different workgroups within an organisation in which the discourse of learning was pervasive suggests that having an identity as a learner may not be compatible with being regarded as a competent worker. The politics of naming oneself as a learner are considered and the power of naming learning and learners are discussed. The broader implications for research on workplace learning of such a discursive approach are noted.
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