* expectations of learning at work into the twenty-first century
* learning theories, practice and performance implications
* the relationship between workplace learning and other forms of lifelong learning
* the international developments in competency-based approaches to learning and assessment
* the influence of language, power, culture and gender upon the 'construction' of learning.
Topical and informative, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers of training, HRD, continuing and adult education.
David Boud is Professor of Adult Education at the University of Technology, Sydney. His most recent publications include Working With Experience: Animating Learning (Routledge; 1996), Learning Contracts: A Practical Guide (Kogan Page; 1996) and Using Experience for Learning (Open University Press; 1995).
John Garrick is a Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training, University of Technology, Sydney. He is author of Informal Learning in the Workplace (also by Routledge), and has been widely published on the topics of workplace reform and industry training, informal learning, the politics of learning at work and HRD.