The Handbook of Work Based Learning

by Cunningham,Ian

• ISBN13: 9780566085413
• ISBN10: 0566085410
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Organizational leaders, governments and trade unions all agree that learning is fundamental to organizational and economic success. The question is how it should best be supported.The Handbook of Work Based Learning delivers a compelling answer to this question. Learning needs to be based in the realities of organizational life. This unique, groundbreaking handbook provides a definitive guide to the set of strategies, tactics and methods for supporting work based learning.The three main parts of the Handbook, which focus in turn on strategies, tactics and methods, are written for both the learner and the professional developer alike. Each includes a description of the process (strategy, tactic or method), provides examples of what it looks like in action, explains the benefits and the likely limitations and provides a set of operating hints for applying the process.Nothing has been neglected, so alongside detailed descriptions of what to do and how to do it, the authors have included the Declaration on Learning, created by thirteen of the major figures in the field of organizational learning, a section guiding you towards routes for gaining qualifications, along with a well-researched set of references and further reading.

Author Biography

Ben Bennett is a Director of Strategic Developments International Limited.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Jonathan Garnett
Preface	ix
PART 1: THE RATIONALE FOR WORK BASED LEARNING	1	(54)
The Basis of Work Based Learning	3	(14)
Work Based Learning and the Role of Decision Makers	17	(20)
Work Based Learning and the Role of Developers	37	(18)
PART 2: STRATEGIES FOR WORK BASED LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT	55	(42)
Action Learning	57	(4)
Apprenticeship	61	(3)
Career Advice	64	(5)
Continuing Professional Development	69	(3)
Internship	72	(2)
Mentoring	74	(3)
Networks and Communities	77	(7)
Qualifications	84	(4)
Self Managed Learning	88	(6)
Team Development	94	(3)
PART 3: TACTICS FOR WORK BASED LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT	97	(46)
Appraisal and Performance Reviews	99	(4)
Buddying	103	(4)
Coaching	107	(4)
Deputizing	111	(3)
E-learning	114	(4)
Job Rotation and Job Swaps	118	(3)
Learning Resource Centres	121	(4)
On-the-job Learning	125	(4)
Personal Development Plans	129	(4)
Projects	133	(4)
Secondments and Related Approaches	137	(6)
PART 4: METHODS FOR WORK BASED LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT	143	(120)
360° Feedback	145	(4)
Action Reviews	149	(4)
Benchmarking	153	(3)
Briefings/Demonstrations/Presentations	156	(4)
Computer Based Training	160	(3)
Consulting	163	(4)
Counselling	167	(4)
Critical Friend	171	(3)
Delegation	174	(3)
Development Centres	177	(4)
Dialogue	181	(3)
Discussion	184	(2)
Distance Learning and Packages/CD-ROMs	186	(4)
Induction	190	(4)
Interviewing	194	(2)
Learning Logs	196	(3)
`Management By Walking About' or `Managing By Wandering Around'	199	(2)
Meetings	201	(2)
Mistakes	203	(4)
Observation/Listening	207	(2)
Peer Review	209	(3)
Psychometric Tests, Instruments and Checklists	212	(3)
Questioning, Asking	215	(4)
Reading	219	(4)
Reflective Learning	223	(3)
Repertory Grid Method -- Understanding Your World	226	(3)
Research	229	(3)
Shadowing	232	(4)
Tapes -- Videotapes/Audiotapes/DVD	236	(3)
Task Groups/Working Parties/Committees/Steering Groups -- Temporary Groups	239	(3)
Travel	242	(2)
Video Feedback	244	(3)
Video Conference/Webcam/Teleconference	247	(3)
Visits	250	(3)
Volunteering	253	(3)
Witnessing	256	(2)
Writing	258	(5)
PART 5: CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTIONS	263	(6)
Appendix I A Declaration on Learning -- A Call to Action	269	(6)
Appendix II A Work Based Model for Gaining Qualifications	275	(6)
Appendix III Why Isn't Work Based Learning More Supported?	281	(8)
Bibliography	289	(6)
Index	295