In the light of changes the government has launched as part of its welfare to work initiatives, this text explores apprenticeship. The authors set the historical context and discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills for competence.
Contributors vii Series Editors Preface x Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1(12) Patrick Ainley Helen Rainbird Part 1 Historical Approaches to Apprenticeship 13(48) The Apprentice in History 14(11) Richard Aldrich The Changing Structure and Significance of Apprenticeship with Special Reference to Construction 25(16) Linda Clarke The Embedding of Apprenticeship in Industrial Relations: British Engineering, 1925-65 41(20) Paul Ryan Part 2 Theoretical Approaches to Apprenticeship 61(38) Nietzsche, Marx and Mastery: The Learning unto Death 62(12) Glenn Rikowski The Nomads Apprentice: Different Kinds of `Apprenticeship among Kyrgyz Nomads in Central Asia 74(12) Stephanie Bunn Conversation and Instruction within Apprenticeship: Affordances for Learning 86(13) Michael A Forrester Part 3 Apprenticeship as a Model of Learning 99(50) Making Meaning: Language for Learning 100(11) Edwin Webb Beyond the Institution of Apprenticeship: Towards a Social Theory of Learning as the Production of Knowledge 111(18) David Guile Michael Young Apprenticeship a la mode? Some Reflections on Learning as Cultural Labour 129(20) Phil Cohen Part 4 Modern Apprenticeship: A Renaissance of Work-based Learning? 149(57) A Sense of Belonging: The Relationship Between Community and Apprenticeship 150(13) Alison Fuller Lorna Unwin Modern Apprenticeships: Just in Time, or Far Too Late? 163(13) Malcolm Maguire Modern Apprentices in College. So Whats New? 176(15) Prue Huddleston Working To Learn: An Holistic Approach to Young Peoples Education and Training 191(15) Peter Senker Helen Rainbird Karen Evans Phil Hodkinson Ewart Keep Malcolm Maguire David Raffe Lorna Unwin Index 206
Patrick Ainley, Helen Rainbird
