Hidden knowledge: Working-class capacity in the ‘knowledge-based economy’

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-122

  Livingstone, David W ^a   Sawchuk, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

informal learning; union based learning; workers' knowledge; working class learning; workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013607237     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2005.11661511     Document Type: Article

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