Education and Jobs

D.W. Livingstone is Canada Research Chair in Lifelong Learning and Work at the University of Toronto, Head of the Centre for the Study of Education and Work at OISE/UT, and Director of the SSHRC national research network on "The Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning."

• List of Tables and Graphs Acknowledgements Key Acronyms Introduction, D.W. Livingstone Part One: Prior Research Perspectives 1. Prior Concepts and Theories of the Relationship between Workers and Jobs, D.W. Livingstone and K.V. Pankhurst 2. Prior Empirical Research on Education-Jobs Matching, D.W. Livingstone 3. Starting with The Education-Jobs Gap, D.W. LivingstonePart Two: Surveying the Gaps4. Education and Jobs Survey Profile I: National Trends in Employment Conditions, Job Requirements, Workers' Learning and Matching, 1983-2004, D.W. Livingstone and M. Raykov5. Education and Jobs Survey Profile II: Employment Conditions, Job Requirements, Workers' Learning and Matching, by Employee Class and Specific Occupational Group, 2004, D.W. Livingstone and M. RaykovPart Three: Exploring the Gaps: Case Studies6. Elements of an Integrated Theory of Work and Learning, K.V. Pankhurst7. Continual Learning, Autonomy, and Competency among High School Teachers, M. Lordan 8. Staying Current in Computer Programming: The Importance of Informal Learning and Task Discretion in Maintaining Job Competence, J. Weststar9. Clerical Workers: Work and Learning in Fragmenting Workplaces, M. Radsma 10. Auto Workers' Learning in Lean Production, D.W. Livingstone and O. Wilson11. Struggling to Remain Employed: Learning Strategies of Workers with Disabilities and the Education-Job Match, S. OfficerPart Four: Conclusions12. The Relationship between Learning and Work: Empirical Evidence from the Case Studies, K.V. Pankhurst13. Education and Jobs: The Way Ahead, D.W. Livingstone and K.V. Pankhurst Appendix 1: EJRM Case Study Interviewee Profiles Appendix 2: Economic Class and Specific Occupational Group, by Intentional Learning Activities, 2004 Bibliography The Authors Index

This is a book that every adult educator will want on their bookshelf as a useful reference tool and a bullet-proof reminder that (1) Canada's workforce is better prepared than policy-makers would have us believe, and (2) workers themselves are the first to recognize on-the-job learning as crucial to maintaining their employment competency. - Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education