Hidden Knowledge

"""An important and valuable academic look at knowledge and learning... It shows that, as working people, we are all virtual sponges for learning throughout our lives and deserve to be recognized for the knowledge and skills we acquire at work, at home and at play."" Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers of America. ""This exciting book will change the debate on knowledge-based production. It demonstrates that the main barrier to 21st century work forms stems from managements' continued insistence on control over workers and refusal to rely on worker intelligence and ingenuity. Policy makers and workplace advocates need to read this study!"" Ruth Needleman, Professor of Labor Studies and Women's Studies, Indiana University and Coordinator, Swingshift College. ""Livingstone and Sawchuk explore ethnographically the opportunities, longings and achievements of working-class women and men as adult learners in various contexts, as well as their disjunctures with what is valued by employers. We learn too about related class, gender and race inequities. This book makes new discoveries..."" Dorothy E. Smith, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. ""Hidden Knowledge concludes that workers are more than someone else's human resources... In approaching the issues of skills, learning and knowledge by first talking to workers and through workplace case studies, the authors explore both the richness and importance of informal learning."" Bob White, Past President, Canadian Labour Congress & Canadian AutoWorkers."""