eprintid: 10002351 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 587 source: pure dir: disk0/00/00/23/51 datestamp: 2010-03-25 12:50:01 lastmod: 2017-12-07 21:06:50 status_changed: 2010-03-25 12:50:01 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Fuller, Alison creators_name: Unwin, Lorna creators_name: Felstead, Alan creators_name: Jewson, Nick creators_name: Kakavelakis, Konstantinos creators_id: creators_id: l.unwin@ioe.ac.uk creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: title: Creating and using knowledge : an analysis of the differentiated nature of workplace learning environments ispublished: pub divisions: B14 keywords: Adults , Cross-national , Workplace , Informal learning , Skills development note: 1. Presents new analysis of the impact of the productive system on the creation and use of knowledge in different workplaces 2. Contributes to learning theory. 3. Based on evidence from multi-sector ESRC project (2003-2008). 4. Paper included in special issue of BERJ showcasing ESRC research 5. Unwin's contribution 40% (as one of two lead authors) ‘This is an electronic version of an article published in Fuller, Alison and Unwin, Lorna and Felstead, Alan and Jewson, Nick and Kakavelakis, Konstantinos (2007) Creating and using knowledge: an analysis of the differentiated nature of workplace learning environments. British Educational Research Journal, 33 (5). pp. 743-759. British Educational Research Journal is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01411920701582397 abstract: This paper argues that contemporary workplaces give rise to many different forms of knowledge creation and use, and, as a consequence to different forms of learning and pedagogical approaches. Some of these are utilised to the benefit of the organisation and employees (though not, necessarily, in a reciprocal manner), but others are buried within everyday workplace activity. The discussion builds on earlier work where it was argued that organisations differ in the way they create and manage themselves as learning environments, with some conceptualised as ‘expansive’ in the sense that their employees experience diverse forms of participation and, hence, are more likely to foster learning at work. By studying the way in which work is organised (including the organisation of physical and virtual spaces), this research is suggesting that it is possible to expose some of this learning activity as well as to identify examples where new (or refined) knowledge has been created. In this regard, it is argued that it is important to break down conceptual hierarchies that presuppose that learning is restricted to certain types of employee and/or parts of an organisation and to re-examine knowledge as applied to the workplace. The conclusion focuses on how such an approach, and in particular the use of a productive system analysis, is strengthening the concept of expansive and restrictive learning environments. date: 2007-11 date_type: published oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green full_text_status: public publication: British Educational Research Journal volume: 33 number: 5 pagerange: 743-759 pages: 17 refereed: TRUE issn: 0141-1926 citation: Fuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna; Felstead, Alan; Jewson, Nick; Kakavelakis, Konstantinos; (2007) Creating and using knowledge : an analysis of the differentiated nature of workplace learning environments. British Educational Research Journal , 33 (5) pp. 743-759. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10002351/1/Fuller2007Creating743.pdf