The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work

Edited by:   Margaret Malloch, Len Cairns, Karen Evans, Bridget N. O′Connor
Imprint:   Sage Publications Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 246mm,  Width: 184mm, 
Weight:   1.380kg
ISBN:   9781526491114
ISBN 10:   1526491117
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   28 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

"Margaret Malloch, PhD, FRSA, is an Honorary Professor in the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, where she was Director of Research Training in Arts and Education. As Reader in Education at the University of East London, Margaret contributed to leadership of doctoral programs. She is a member of the VETNET Board of the European Educational Research Association, the International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, and the Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group. She is a past Chair of the AERA Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and Coordinator of VETNET. Her research and publications focus on work and learning, doctoral education and vocational education and training.  Current research is: Putting a human face on good Vocational Education and Training teaching and learning. Leonard Cairns, PhD, FRSA, is an Adjunct Associate professor at Monash University, Australia, and was previously Associate dean in the Faculty of Education, at Monash University. Len is a past Chair of the Workplace Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and has been a long-time member of the EERA, VETNET group. Len is an associate editor of a number of international journals and reviews for journals in the areas of VET, Management and Learning and Teacher Education. His research on work, learning and VET, and Capability Theory and application, has led to many publications. Past SAGE edited books have included The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning (Malloch, Cairns, Evans and O′Connor, Eds, 2011) and the four volume ""major work"", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (Malloch, Cairns and O′Connor Eds, 2016). Karen Evans, PhD, FAcSS is Emeritus Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education. She held the Chair in Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at UCL and served as Head of Lifelong Education and International Development in the Institute of Education, University of London. Karen’s research and publications focus on learning in the life and work transitions of youth and adulthood. Honorary Professorships currently include the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES, UCL) and RMIT University, Australia.  She also plays leading roles in the Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning and in VETNET (European Educational Research Association). She was honoured to be awarded the European Commission’s Vocational Education and Training Research Award in 2017. Bridget N. O’Connor, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Higher Education and Business Education, New York University where she taught graduate level courses including curriculum development and workplace learning. In addition to her work with SAGE Publishing, her work includes six college-level textbooks related to either end-user computing or learning in the workplace. Bridget chaired AERA’s Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and was president of the Organizational Systems Research Association, and editor of its journal. Bridget was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.  She either chaired or served as a member of 60 NYU doctoral committees; several of her students have won national research awards.  "