Learning and Work and the Politics of Working Life

Terri Seddon is Professor of Education at Monash University, Australia, and Director for Work and Learning Studies.Lea Henriksson is Docent in Social Policy and an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland.Beatrix Niemeyer is Docent (PD) in Educational Science and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Vocational Education, University of Flensburg, Germany.

• @contents: Selected Contents: Introduction- Disturbing work and transforming politics, Terri Seddon, Lea Henriksson and Beatrix Niemeyer 1. Disturbing Academic Work: Theorising a global book project Terri Seddon, Lea Henriksson and Beatrix Niemeyer Part 1 – Reconfiguring occupational orders 2. Human Service Labour Force in the Making: Spotlight on Finnish practical nurses Lea Henriksson 3. Disputing Managerial Architecture in Educational Work: Irony as a liberating strategy for Finnish vocational teachers Karin Filander 4. Disturbing Work, Workspaces and Working Lives: Three Australian case studies Anita Devos, Lesley Farrell and Terri Seddon Part 2 – The politics of expertise 5. Reconstructing US Community College Faculty: Mobilising professional expertise Richard L. Wagoner, John S. Levin and Susan Kater 6. German School to Work Transition Programs: ‘Disturbing work’ for educators Beatrix Niemeyer 7. Paraprofessional Development in the UK: Ambivalences and contradictions Chris Kubiak 8. Finnish Redefinitions of the ‘Social’ in Social Work: An eroding ethical discourse Päivi Niiranen-Linkama 9. Adult Literacy Teaching in Australia: Rethinking occupational knowledge Sue Shore Part 3 – Navigating work-learning careers 10. An Australian Worker Navigating Precarious Work and Fluid Subjectivity John Pardy 11. Employers Coping with Their Aging Workforce in East Germany Rudolf Husemann 12. Young Adults’ Career Prospects and Aspirations in East Germany and the US Antje Barabasch Coda 13. A Politics of Working Life Frigga Haug

"This thought provoking book, written in an accessible style, will be of value to social workers, educationalists and health care professionals. Contributions are made from an international arena including Finland, Germany, Australia, UK and the USA." - Megan Thomas, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012