Education (EDUC) 406
Work and Learning (Revision 1)
Revision 1 is closed for registrations, replaced by current version
Delivery Mode: Individualized study online or grouped study
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: None. Students are recommended to take EDUC 309 prior to registering in EDUC 406/HRMT 406.
Precluded Course: EDUC 406 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under two different disciplines—with HRMT 406. (EDUC 406 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for HRMT 406).
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
EDUC 406 is not available for challenge.
Overview
This course will introduce you to some of the key understandings around work and learning. It will examine the claims made for this new area of study; it will discuss some of what we know and point to what we don't know. The course is designed to challenge dominant perspectives, but what you learn from this course will be up to you. It will depend on what you already know, on your reading, and on your values and attitudes. The course will work best if you are able to set aside some of the dominant ideas prevalent in society and open yourself up to new ideas and arguments.
Outline
EDUC 406 is divided into five units listed below.
Unit 1: Perspectives on Work and Learning
Unit 2: The Learning Organization
Unit 3: Workers, Unions, and Learning
Unit 4: From School to Work and Workplace Learning to School
Unit 5: Gender and Difference; Training and Skills; and the Democratization of Work and Learning in the “Economic South”
Evaluation
To receive credit for EDUC 406, you must complete all the assignments, and achieve at least 50 percent on each one. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
| Assignment 1 | Assignment 2 | Assignment 3 | Assignment 4 | Assignment 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbook
Bratton, J., Helms-Mills, J., Pyrch, T. & Sawchuk, P. (2004). Workplace learning: A critical introduction. Aurora, ON: Garamond. (Hereafter referred to as Bratton et al., 2004)
Other materials
The course materials include a course information manual, study guide and a reading file.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 1, November 24, 2009.