Learning in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Time for a Reappraisal?

Autor/inn/en	Forrester, Keith; Payne, John; Ross, Cilla
Titel	Learning in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Time for a Reappraisal?
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 9 (2004) 1, S.17-46 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
Schlagwörter	Small Businesses; Workplace Learning; Work Environment; Theory Practice Relationship; Learning Theories; Informal Education; Adult Education; Lifelong Learning; Economic Change; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kleingewerbe; Arbeitsmilieu; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ökonomischer Wandel; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This article follows Engestrom (2001) in suggesting a new approach to learning in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on the social and cultural realities of the workplace. The article briefly reviews the theoretical status and practical standing of work on lifelong learning in SMEs, and suggests that Engestrom's work may help us to understand the complex interplay of formal and informal learning with other features of the workplace. Most of the article is taken up with a case study of learning in one English sub-region that has experienced substantial social and economic change in recent years, and explores the views of a variety of social actors positioned at different points within the workplace. The article concludes that a reappraisal of learning in SMEs should include policy areas such as further education, workforce development and lifelong learning, and be informed by contemporary learning theory. (Contains 1 table and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10